My amiga c compiler (aztex manx) allowed either 16 or 32 bit ints. All/most systems libraries used 32 bit parameters, despite this I insisted on the 16 bit vers

My amiga c compiler (aztex manx) allowed either 16 or 32 bit ints. All/most systems libraries used 32 bit parameters, despite this I insisted on the 16 bit version "for performance". In hindsight this was sort of insane: one missing L (say in "1L" for casting to long) meant a not so quick floppy disk reboot). :-) Anyhow, for a computer with 16 bit wide data bus, having 16 bit ints might be justified by performance (and/or reducing memory usage.)