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Asked: 2026-05-11T18:48:50+00:00

Considering that the following statements return 4 , what is the difference between the

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Considering that the following statements return 4, what is the difference between the int and long types in C++?

sizeof(int)
sizeof(long)
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  1. Editorial Team

    From this reference:

    An int was originally intended to be
    the “natural” word size of the
    processor. Many modern processors can
    handle different word sizes with equal
    ease.

    Also, this bit:

    On many (but not all) C and C++
    implementations, a long is larger than
    an int. Today’s most popular desktop
    platforms, such as Windows and Linux,
    run primarily on 32 bit processors and
    most compilers for these platforms use
    a 32 bit int which has the same size
    and representation as a long.

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