[RFC] We need an ENTIER that does ceil, CENTIER?

[chris hermansen]

Jose, Paul, everyone

On Tue, May 12, 2026 at 1:47 AM Jose E. Marchesi <jemarch@gnu.org> wrote:

>
> > Maybe a typo for ENTIRE?   8-)
>
> :)
>
> > IIRC the word was inherited from Algol 60 so perhaps oe should look
> there.
> >
> > My vote for the new operator would be CEIL (the syk is the limit 8-)
> > with CEILING second choice.
>
> Yes, adding both CEIL and FLOOR (as synonym for ENTIER) to the extended
> standard might be the best way to go at this point..
>

FWIW I looked up a few etymological references, for example

https://www.etymonline.com/word/entire

and it seems that "entire" is derived from the old French "entier" which
originates
in Latin.

As to it being a typo, if so, it is certainly a persistent one!


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