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go ageOfUniverse overflows
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age_of_universe_overflow.go
package main
import (
"fmt"
)
// on 32-bit machines, it'll overflow
// on 64-bit machines, everything is fine
// use: uint64 instead.
func main() {
var ageOfUniverse int = 14e9 // 14e9 = 14 and 9 zeros which is 14 billions
fmt.Printf("`ageOfUniverse` is %d.\n", ageOfUniverse)
}
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