I suppose one could say that they didn't fix the data size so the language would...

wang_li 45 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: No way to parse integers in C (2022)

I suppose one could say that they didn't fix the data size so the language would be portable. But I can't see how the intent was that programs would be portable, if you define portable to mean 1:1 functioning across differing platforms.