/* * THE CAST OF JAVA * * Eight Primitive Types in Four Acts * * Act 1. Truth values * * boolean (2^1)................Adam * * Act 2. Natural/integral numbers * * long (2^64).................Dmitry * int (2^32).................Ivan * short (2^16).................Alexei * byte (2^8)..................Pavel * * Act 3. Real/decimal/floating-point numbers * * float (2^32)................Isaac * double (2^64)................Ishamel * * Act 4. Characters * * char (2^16)..................Daedalus * * Supporting Characters * * A. Truthy literals * * false (2^0)..................Cain * true (2^0)..................Abel * * B. Built-in reference type * * String (2^16) x n............Stephen Dedalus * * C. Object reference that does not reference any object * * null (2^0)...................Tony Hoare */