[Oberon] Easter eggs in Oberon
August Karlstrom
fusionfile at gmail.com
Wed Apr 15 20:36:53 CEST 2020
On 2020-04-15 19:46, Skulski, Wojciech wrote:
> I would advocate FLOAT rather than FLT and the expressions would be
> easier. The language opted for three-letter acronyms, probably
> inspired by electrical engineering habits. Not sure about this
> heritage, but this is how it smells to me. Not quite consistently,
> because FLOOR would be FLR, which was probably too much even for the
> electrical engineer.
Does anyone know why the name FLOOR was preferred over the previous name
ENTIER?
-- August
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