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It's the floor operator. Also known as round down.
by kolbe 4y ago
It's the floor operator. Also known as round down.
- eesmith 4y agoAnd introduced by Iverson for APL in 1962: https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2021/04/15/floor-ceiling-bracket/ https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2021/04/15/floor-ceiling-brac... and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floor_and_ceiling_functions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floor_and_ceiling_functions .
- hgsgm 4y agoAPL, famous for baffling programmers with weird notation, also known for making one part of math more readable :-)