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Re:Learning COBOL: A Journey for the Modern Programmer by hn8788 on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @12:52PM (#26727522)
I'm a native English speaker, and I've never heard that phrase either. I assume it's the same as "divide by", but I could be wrong.
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Re:Learning COBOL: A Journey for the Modern Programmer by jdcaballerov on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @02:24PM (#26728855)
Divide into is the opposite of Divide by. X2 into 1500 is 1500/X2
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