Difference between long and int in C#?

Question

What is the actual difference between a long and an int in C#? I understand that in C/C++ long would be 64bit on some 64bit platforms(depending on OS o

Answer 1

an int (aka System.Int32 within the runtime) is always a signed 32 bit integer on any platform, a long (aka System.Int64) is always a signed 64 bit integer on any platform. So you can't cast from a long with a value above Int32.MaxValue or below Int32.MinValuewithout losing data.