garnetluvcookie wrote:

Plus, I've never seen a language that doesn't have a multiplication function

Mr_PenguinAlex wrote:

support, it's a completely useless block

(() / (0))
(() - (0))
(() + (0))

jaguar1501 wrote:

Mr_PenguinAlex wrote:

support, it's a completely useless block

Is this a joke? There are many uses for pretty much any block in Scratch, including this one. What if you wanted to make an educational project with maths questions in? If you think this block is useless, then we might as well remove the

(() / (0))
(() - (0))
(() + (0))

blocks as well, because they're pretty much the same thing, right? Oh, while we're at it, let's remove all the pen blocks because who even needs them anyway? You can just draw things in the costume editor! Also, the music blocks are useless because you can record your own instrument sounds plus who even needs to make a project with music anyway? Text To Speech has to go too because you can record your own voice instead of using it.

Again, I hope that was a joke. Every block in Scratch has some kind of use. If they didn't have uses, why would they be in Scratch? Just because you don't use a block doesn't mean no-one does.

coder_isaiyah11 wrote:

/ + and - are not useless

fdreerf wrote:

coder_isaiyah11 wrote:

/ + and - are not useless

Adding is just repeatedly adding one to a number, so it can be removed. It doesn't matter that it won't work with decimals because they don't count anymore. Subtraction is subtracting one from a number, so we can remove it too. And division is repeated subtraction, so really, we should remove all mathematical operations.

coder_isaiyah11 wrote:

/+ and - are not useless

dudeExpIainsTheJoke wrote:

Dudes and dudettes, dude here to explain the joke: coder_isaiyah11 can't even make a proper workaround but suggests to remove the block.

coder_isaiyah11 wrote:

you're right execpt for + and -

define add (addend1) (addend2)
set [variable v] to (addend1)
repeat (addend2)
change [variable v] by (1)
end

coder_isaiyah11 wrote:

jaguar1501 wrote:

Mr_PenguinAlex wrote:

support, it's a completely useless block

Is this a joke? There are many uses for pretty much any block in Scratch, including this one. What if you wanted to make an educational project with maths questions in? If you think this block is useless, then we might as well remove the

(() / (0))
(() - (0))
(() + (0))

blocks as well, because they're pretty much the same thing, right? Oh, while we're at it, let's remove all the pen blocks because who even needs them anyway? You can just draw things in the costume editor! Also, the music blocks are useless because you can record your own instrument sounds plus who even needs to make a project with music anyway? Text To Speech has to go too because you can record your own voice instead of using it.

Again, I hope that was a joke. Every block in Scratch has some kind of use. If they didn't have uses, why would they be in Scratch? Just because you don't use a block doesn't mean no-one does.

/+ and - are not useless

Mr_PenguinAlex wrote:

support, it's a completely useless block

repeat (NUMBER)

end

define lda (x)
set [accumulator v] to (x)
define adc (x)
change [accumulator v] by (x)
if <(carry) = [true]> then
change [accumulator v] by (1)
end
set [carry v] to <(accumulator) > (255) >
set [accumulator v] to ((accumulator) mod (256))
when green flag clicked
lda (5)
adc (2)

HTML-Fan wrote:

You can just use

define lda (x)
set [accumulator v] to (x)
define adc (x)
change [accumulator v] by (x)
if <(carry) = [true]> then
change [accumulator v] by [0x1]
end
set [carry v] to <(accumulator) > [0xFF] >
set [accumulator v] to ((accumulator) mod [0x100])
when green flag clicked
lda [0x5]
adc [0x2]

for 0x5+0x2. If you're soooo lazy that those few lines are too much for you, then Scratch is not for you. /s

BearSlothCoding wrote:

[sarcasm]You know what? I support this. Let's remove an operation block, because math doesn't matter.