Date:	Mon, 16 Dec 1996 18:03:19 +0200 (IST)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To:	sime AT fly DOT cc DOT etf DOT hr
cc:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: Int or short int ?
In-Reply-To:	<58grdq$p42@bagan.srce.hr>
Message-ID:	<Pine.SUN.3.91.961216180010.18715Q-100000@is>
MIME-Version:	1.0

On 9 Dec 1996, S. Mikecin wrote:

> Microsoft FORTRAN 5.x has default INTEGER as INTEGER*4 and it is a 16-bit
> compiler! (INTEGER*2 is faster).

That's because ANSI Fortran 77 standard explicitly requires that INTEGER 
be at least 32-bit wide.  Any Fortran compiler that wants to claim ANSI 
compatibility has no choice but comply, even when this comes at the 
expence of code speed.

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