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   C++ STL has size_t which is the natural word size of the machine.   
      
   you can keep int8/16/32/64/128 types and then keep a type   
   int_machinetype to represent the natural word size of machine.   
      
   The question to ask is: (if you want int to be default 64) how many   
   times do we create objects which have an integral value greater than   
   what can be represented by 32 bits.   
      
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