if$.%100==0 is shorter and clearer than unless$.%100

I believe it's a matter of taste. My (maybe weird) way of thinking is that I'm interested in $a % $b when the modulo operator yields a false value, in the same way that I'm interested in $a == $b when the result is true. So, the alternatives are:

if $a % $b == 0
if !($a % $b)
if not $a % $b
unless $a % $b

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To me, the clearest of them is the last one. Maybe it's because I use it regularly. Note that the one you said was shorter and clearer is the longest of that four, once we beautify the code.

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