Java lets you overflow
//: c03:Overflow.java // Surprise! Java lets you overflow. // From 'Thinking in Java, 3rd ed.' (c) Bruce Eckel 2002 // www.BruceEckel.com. See copyright notice in CopyRight.txt. public class Overflow { public static void main(String[] args) { int big = 0x7fffffff; // max int value System.out.println("big = " + big); int bigger = big * 4; System.out.println("bigger = " + bigger); } } ///:~