In c, you could subtract 1 and do a bitwise-and. to make the calculation equivalent to the modulo.

equivalent_modulo.c

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

int main ( int argc, char** argvs ) {
    int a = -127;
    int b = 4;
    int mod_ = a % b;
    int mod_alt_a = a - b * ( a / b );
    // mod_alt works as alternative to modulo
    int mod_alt = a & ( b - 1 );
    printf(" mod_alt: %d  \n", mod_alt);
    return 0;
}