Task: Polynomial long division
C#: using System;

namespace PolynomialLongDivision {
    class Solution {
        public Solution(double[] q, double[] r) {
            Quotient = q;
            Remainder = r;
        }

        public double[] Quotient { get; }
        public double[] Remainder { get; }
    }

    class Program {
        static int PolyDegree(double[] p) {
            for (int i = p.Length - 1; i >= 0; --i) {
                if (p[i] != 0.0) return i;
            }
            return int.MinValue;
        }

        static double[] PolyShiftRight(double[] p, int places) {
            if (places <= 0) return p;
            int pd = PolyDegree(p);
            if (pd + places >= p.Length) {
                throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException("The number of places to be shifted is too large");
            }
            double[] d = new double[p.Length];
            p.CopyTo(d, 0);
            for (int i = pd; i >= 0; --i) {
                d[i + places] = d[i];
                d[i] = 0.0;
            }
            return d;
        }

        static void PolyMultiply(double[] p, double m) {
            for (int i = 0; i < p.Length; ++i) {
                p[i] *= m;
            }
        }

        static void PolySubtract(double[] p, double[] s) {
            for (int i = 0; i < p.Length; ++i) {
                p[i] -= s[i];
            }
        }

        static Solution PolyLongDiv(double[] n, double[] d) {
            if (n.Length != d.Length) {
                throw new ArgumentException("Numerator and denominator vectors must have the same size");
            }
            int nd = PolyDegree(n);
            int dd = PolyDegree(d);
            if (dd < 0) {
                throw new ArgumentException("Divisor must have at least one one-zero coefficient");
            }
            if (nd < dd) {
                throw new ArgumentException("The degree of the divisor cannot exceed that of the numerator");
            }
            double[] n2 = new double[n.Length];
            n.CopyTo(n2, 0);
            double[] q = new double[n.Length];
            while (nd >= dd) {
                double[] d2 = PolyShiftRight(d, nd - dd);
                q[nd - dd] = n2[nd] / d2[nd];
                PolyMultiply(d2, q[nd - dd]);
                PolySubtract(n2, d2);
                nd = PolyDegree(n2);
            }
            return new Solution(q, n2);
        }

        static void PolyShow(double[] p) {
            int pd = PolyDegree(p);
            for (int i = pd; i >= 0; --i) {
                double coeff = p[i];
                if (coeff == 0.0) continue;
                if (coeff == 1.0) {
                    if (i < pd) {
                        Console.Write(" + ");
                    }
                } else if (coeff == -1.0) {
                    if (i < pd) {
                        Console.Write(" - ");
                    } else {
                        Console.Write("-");
                    }
                } else if (coeff < 0.0) {
                    if (i < pd) {
                        Console.Write(" - {0:F1}", -coeff);
                    } else {
                        Console.Write("{0:F1}", coeff);
                    }
                } else {
                    if (i < pd) {
                        Console.Write(" + {0:F1}", coeff);
                    } else {
                        Console.Write("{0:F1}", coeff);
                    }
                }
                if (i > 1) Console.Write("x^{0}", i);
                else if (i == 1) Console.Write("x");
            }
            Console.WriteLine();
        }

        static void Main(string[] args) {
            double[] n = { -42.0, 0.0, -12.0, 1.0 };
            double[] d = { -3.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0 };
            Console.Write("Numerator   : ");
            PolyShow(n);
            Console.Write("Denominator : ");
            PolyShow(d);
            Console.WriteLine("-------------------------------------");
            Solution sol = PolyLongDiv(n, d);
            Console.Write("Quotient    : ");
            PolyShow(sol.Quotient);
            Console.Write("Remainder   : ");
            PolyShow(sol.Remainder);
        }
    }
}

VB: Option Base 1
Function degree(p As Variant)
    For i = UBound(p) To 1 Step -1
        If p(i) <> 0 Then
            degree = i
            Exit Function
        End If
    Next i
    degree = -1
End Function
 
Function poly_div(ByVal n As Variant, ByVal d As Variant) As Variant
    If UBound(d) < UBound(n) Then
        ReDim Preserve d(UBound(n))
    End If
    Dim dn As Integer: dn = degree(n)
    Dim dd As Integer: dd = degree(d)
    If dd < 0 Then
        poly_div = CVErr(xlErrDiv0)
        Exit Function
    End If
    Dim quot() As Integer
    ReDim quot(dn)
    Do While dn >= dd
        Dim k As Integer: k = dn - dd
        Dim qk As Integer: qk = n(dn) / d(dd)
        quot(k + 1) = qk
        Dim d2() As Variant
        d2 = d
        ReDim Preserve d2(UBound(d) - k)
        For i = 1 To UBound(d2)
            n(UBound(n) + 1 - i) = n(UBound(n) + 1 - i) - d2(UBound(d2) + 1 - i) * qk
        Next i
        dn = degree(n)
    Loop
    poly_div = Array(quot, n) 
End Function
 
Function poly(si As Variant) As String

    Dim r As String
    For t = UBound(si) To 1 Step -1
        Dim sit As Integer: sit = si(t)
        If sit <> 0 Then
            If sit = 1 And t > 1 Then
                r = r & IIf(r = "", "", " + ")
            Else
                If sit = -1 And t > 1 Then
                    r = r & IIf(r = "", "-", " - ")
                Else
                    If r <> "" Then
                        r = r & IIf(sit < 0, " - ", " + ")
                        sit = Abs(sit)
                    End If
                    r = r & CStr(sit)
                End If
            End If
            r = r & IIf(t > 1, "x" & IIf(t > 2, t - 1, ""), "")
        End If
    Next t
    If r = "" Then r = "0"
    poly = r
End Function
 
Function polyn(s As Variant) As String
    Dim t() As String
    ReDim t(2 * UBound(s))
    For i = 1 To 2 * UBound(s) Step 2
        t(i) = poly(s((i + 1) / 2))
    Next i
    t(1) = String$(45 - Len(t(1)) - Len(t(3)), " ") & t(1)
    t(2) = "/"
    t(4) = "="
    t(6) = "rem"
    polyn = Join(t, " ")
End Function
 
Public Sub main()
    Dim tests(7) As Variant
    tests(1) = Array(Array(-42, 0, -12, 1), Array(-3, 1))
    tests(2) = Array(Array(-3, 1), Array(-42, 0, -12, 1))
    tests(3) = Array(Array(-42, 0, -12, 1), Array(-3, 1, 1))
    tests(4) = Array(Array(2, 3, 1), Array(1, 1))
    tests(5) = Array(Array(3, 5, 6, -4, 1), Array(1, 2, 1))
    tests(6) = Array(Array(3, 0, 7, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 3, 0, 0, 1), Array(1, 0, 0, 5, 0, 0, 0, 1))
    tests(7) = Array(Array(-56, 87, -94, -55, 22, -7), Array(2, 0, 1))
    Dim num As Variant, denom As Variant, quot As Variant, rmdr As Variant
    For i = 1 To 7
        num = tests(i)(1)
        denom = tests(i)(2)
        tmp = poly_div(num, denom)
        quot = tmp(1)
        rmdr = tmp(2)
        Debug.Print polyn(Array(num, denom, quot, rmdr))
    Next i
End Sub