Remathilis
Legend
Sorta. It was always possible a halfling and a golaith could have equal strengths (between 10 and 15) and the goliath will always count as Large for purposes of lift and carry, so not a lot changed under the optional system. A 15 was still a 15 for hit and damage mods, but the goliath's only cost him 5 points rather than 9 and had double the encumbrance limit.Or the fact that in the new optional system, you could even have those 40 Pound Halfling and 300 Pound Goliath with equal Strength...yeah makes total sense.
Moral of the tale is that its not a big enough difference to sweat the details of, much like how it isn't worth worrying about size to ration numbers because tracking rations is the one of the most boring thing you and do in D&D.