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You can do modulus with %. In fact, it’s the standard way to do it! (See command 17). And mod is deprecated (command 18):

And hey Claude? There’s a reserved float division /. if both numbers are floats, for sure (19) but so can one use // even though both are integers (20):

I don’t think so Claudeboy.

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As usual, I’ll make my point backed by verifiable examples.

And ever so dutifully, Claude reports:

Claude boy, how do I do division and modulus in OCaml?

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Re——-aaaaalllllly.

Now, let’s think about that for a second or two. Such an elementary matter and such egregious error of omission!

Let’s use the agent to see if it can search at least, when it doesn’t know?

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Ah. Claude Claude Claude.

Agent, are you sure???? You’re lying again, aren’t you?

Let’s ask Claude Sonnet 3.5, which is quite the advanced model (at par with Deepseek V3 R1 and GPT 4o) a very simple question:

What should I be looking for when trying out running shoes? Local store lets me try the shoe and jog up and down the block, but they mostly feel the same to me. Is there some feeling or anything else specific I should be looking for?

Here’s the proof :

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And let’s use the latest, extra-capable model 4.1 from OpenAPI. The result:

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And presto goes Claude, the clueless junior-dev (it also botched correctly showing //):

To the reader/asker: