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Re:Calculating Burn Rates in J by icen on Sunday December 10, 2017 @01:12PM (#15892620)
Yes, `%` is division. It's not that odd, if you look at the symbol - it looks quite similar to the division symbol `รท`.

It's almost better asking where C got the idea that it should be mod from!

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Re:Calculating Burn Rates in J by Something1234 on Sunday December 10, 2017 @03:51PM (#15893429)
So where did C get the idea to `%` for mod?
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Re:Calculating Burn Rates in J by sndean on Sunday December 10, 2017 @04:14PM (#15893536)
It looks like % has a different use in BCPL, but it's used for mod in B [0], so I'm guessing it's a Thompson/Ritchie invention? (unless it came from some other language that came before B)

[0] https://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/btut.html

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