long into a float

[syntax_error]

a genral question
as far as I know a long is 8 bits
and a float is 4 bits
then why in java you can automaticly cast a long into a float?
thx in advance
Syntax_Error

[StealthArcher]

I think you have those backwards.....

longs are 4 bytes if i remember correctly

[HeavenAgain]

code:

data type   size (in bits)            range byte             8                     -2^7 to 2^7 - 1 short            16                      -2^15 to 2^15 - 1 int                32                      -2^31 to 2^31 - 1 long              64                      -2^63 to 2^63 - 1 type        in bytes float          32 double        64

a long is 64 bits
a byte IS 8 bits
and a float is 32 BYTES

more info is linked here

[wtd]

HeavenAgain @ Thu Sep 27, 2007 3:45 am wrote:

and a float is 32 BYTES

Ummmm...

[Zampano]

How much memory would I need to take a byte out of a sundae double banana ice cream float?

*My own lameness is astounding.*

[McKenzie]

I thought the automatic cast was to double? That aside, the reason for the automatic conversion is that long is a long integer, as soon as you have any fractional component to a number long can't hold it (e.g. 3.5)

[Nick]

zampano ur bytes are so small it takes 4 to equal a nybble (AHAHAHAHA) [btw 4 bytes = a nybble]

[rizzix]

Wow a lot of you are misusing the word byte for bit.

1 byte = 8 bits
1 nibble = 4 bits


Int's/floats are 32-bit or 4-byte. Long/doubles are 64-bit or 8-bytes.

[rdrake]

rizzix @ Wed Sep 26, 2007 9:46 pm wrote:

Wow a lot of you are misusing the word byte for bit.

1 byte = 8 bits
1 nibble = 4 bits


Int's/floats are 32-bit or 4-byte. Long/doubles are 64-bit or 8-bytes.

Nah, some people like to be really precise with their numbers. 2^(32*8) is nothing!

[syntax_error]

ahh my mistake I meant to write byte.. :$
but a long is 64 bytes nonetheless
and a float is 32 bytes
so how can you in the language java
automatically cast a long into a float?

[zylum]

rizzix @ Wed Sep 26, 2007 10:46 pm wrote:

Wow a lot of you are misusing the word byte for bit.

1 byte = 8 bits
1 nibble = 4 bits


Int's/floats are 32-bit or 4-byte. Long/doubles are 64-bit or 8-bytes.

[haskell]

Grrrr...

http://members.aol.com/M206ou/m206/M206_Smalltalk_tutorial_ascii.htm

Read it, or I'll mock you till your cry toy your momma.