C++ - the fastest integer type?

Question

I\'ve being benchmarking an algorithm, it\'s not necessary to know the details. The main components are a buffer(raw array of integers) and an indexer (integer - used to access

Answer 1

There are no promises about which type is faster or slower. int is supposed to represent the natural word length of the machine, whatever that might mean, so it might go faster. Or slower, depending upon other factors.