C is shit

Why have short and int if by the standard they end up being the same size number of bits.


Is the following correct:

char        => 8 bits
short       => 16 bits
int         => 16 bits
long        => 32 bits
long long   => 64 bits

float       => 32 bits
double      => 64 bits
long double => 128 bits

whats the point of short?

>>38
All we need is hardware support for rational math ops/storage and floating point can be removed for huge performance gains.
Rationals are superior in every way to floats. They're entirely integer math, can be optimized(removing common factors) and they have much more precision(1/3 is infinitely precise for example).