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 ?
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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.