Which is faster, int or a short?

Question:

Which is faster, an integer counter or a short?

Counting range [0 .. 32767]
int int_counter ;
short short_counter ;

Scope: Desktop & Server OS (32 Bit)

Answer:

i think this is OS dependent...
int is minimum as long as short int and long int is minimum as long as int
so it depends on the implementation...

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