alt Hacker NewsC99 kinda fixed that with the `(u)int_leastN_t` types (which are hardly used in practice though). And shame that it took Microsoft 16 years to even start supporting C99 though so we were basically forced to keep using our own custom integer typedefs long after the C standard had fixed the issue.
Agreed, but it could have been there since day one, given the languages in 1960's.
Well, Microsoft has considered C done for quite some time, and after C++20, they don't seem to be in a hurry to keep up with ISO either for C or C++ (there are discussions on support channels about customer relevant C++23 and C++26 features, none on C past C17), similar to how Apple and Google are handling their in box compilers as well.