> like how older code uses "int" as the counter for every single for loop, despite this being an incredibly stupid type for this purpose
Is it? I always internalized int as “the most natural sized number for the platform”. For a lot of uses, that’s a pretty reasonable choice, despite there more specific/constrained types available now.
Is it? I always internalized int as “the most natural sized number for the platform”. For a lot of uses, that’s a pretty reasonable choice, despite there more specific/constrained types available now.