• JayleneSlide@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    Let’s not forget that it’s also the symbol for modulo operation. So many opportunities for ambiguity!

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        6 days ago

        At first glance I thought it was a joke about how programmers use modulo as an operator, while mathematicians use it as a relations thing. I never really understood the way the mathematicians use it tbh