> What is the advantage of having "int", "long" types that just give minimum byte requirements instead of more specified types like int32_t and uint8_t? The ad

> What is the advantage of having "int", "long" types that just give minimum byte requirements instead of more specified types like int32_t and uint8_t? The advantage is that these more specific types might not even exist. For instance, some machines had 36-bit words, so a 32-bit type would have to be emulated, at the cost of extra instructions.