Look, nobody cares how clever and talented a programmer you are, or think you are. Please just drop the unsubtle boasting and passive aggressive insults, they o

Look, nobody cares how clever and talented a programmer you are, or think you are. Please just drop the unsubtle boasting and passive aggressive insults, they only make you sound like an insecure egotist. Concentrate on the actual issue. In 99.9% of languages, there is one true magical perfect solution to a question as basic as "what type should I use for integers?", and it's "use the integer type". The fact that C not only has options in this case, but that experienced developers seemingly cannot even agree on best practices, is a very good reason to avoid using the language unless you have to.