title: Why don't Octave or Matlab use % (percent symbol) as a modulo operator
body: <p>Someone new to the language might reasonably expect <code>7%4</code> to return <code>3</code>, i.e. the result of <code>mod(7,4)</code>, as it does in many other languages. Instead it returns <code>7</code> - "Why is this so?" s/he may ask...</p>