It might have to do with Python 3 removing the classic int type and moving all int operations to longs. If you compare Python2's Objects/intobject.c's i_divmod() function to Python3's ...

Once the domain of esoteric scientific and business computing, floating point calculations are now practically everywhere. From video games to large language models and kin, it would seem that a ...

Multiplication on a common microcontroller is easy. But division is much more difficult. Even with hardware assistance, a 32-bit division on a modern 64-bit x86 CPU can run between 9 and 15 cycles.