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

Jan Claeys lists@janc.be
Sat May 16 09:24:57 GMT 2026


On Sat, 2026-05-16 at 09:28 +0100, Paul Leyland wrote:
> Given that ENTIER is already built in 
> to the language and yet is not used in any other language AFAIK

It was used in ALGOL 60 (where ALGOL 68 copied it from) and also exists
in TCL:

https://www.masswerk.at/algol60/modified_report.htm#A2:~:text=procedure-,entier

https://wiki.tcl-lang.org/page/entier


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Jan Claeys

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