HARRIS FLAME Re: SHORT vs. INT

[Doug Gwyn <gwyn>]

Both portability and abstraction are worthwhile design goals.

One can write code using nice data abstraction in Jovial,
but this would probably be a mistake.

One could write highly portable code that cannot be maintained
due to its internal complexity, and this would also be a mistake.

"Portability" should be thought of in a fairly broad sense,
including "portability to other systems" (traditional meaning)
and "portability into the future" (important but often ignored).