Re: Why Use 'Int' Instead of 'Long'? (With today's compilers)

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From: Toby Speight
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 1996 06:07

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>>>>> In article <4fu7tj$9a1@solutions.solon.com>,
>>>>> Andrew == "Andrew Snow" <als@fl.net.au> writes:

Andrew> To make your code completely portable, you should specify long or
Andrew> short.  In situations where it really doesn't matter, you can just
Andrew> use "int".

The int type is supposed to be the system's "natural" size, if it has
one.  Which makes it the likely choice for time-optimisation, all
other things being equal.
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