Operator MOD

[DSMan195276]

In Octave too! Is this a bug in two math programs? 

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octave:1> 1.5 \ 1
ans = 0.6667
octave:2> 1.4 \ 1
ans = 0.7143
octave:3> mod(1.4, 1)
ans = 0.4000
octave:4> 1.4 / 1
ans = 1.4000
octave:5>

In Octave the

\

operators does left division, basically dividing the thing on the right by the thing on the left. So

1.4 \ 1

is the same as

1 / 1.4

.