Why use int instead of byte for pin numbers?

retrolefty:
I will neither praise nor criticize the many arduino design points (hardware and software, of which some seem valid to me and some silly) being brought up in this post, but rather just celebrate the vast popularity of the arduino platform and the huge membership of this forum, even consisting of some members that think they got it all wrong. :smiley:

It's just like Windows. Just because everyone uses it, doesn't make it good.