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#!/usr/bin/python

print "8 is an integer ", 8

num = 8

print "8 is an integer and 'num' is a variable referring to an integer", num

print "8/4 is 2. let's check ", num/4

print "But why is 8/3 also 2 ? ", num/3

print """

Maybe because when integers are divided, the result is also an integer.

Which means the result is truncated. Maybe if we used floats we might get

a better answer.

"""

num = 8.0

print "8.0/3.0 = ", num/3.0

print """

ok great. BTW I hope you realized how we were able to assign 'num' to a float

after assigning it to an int. This is because Python is not a statically

typed language. We could have assigned 'num' to a String as well.

"""

#What is the default type of numbers in Python... compare this with Groovy

max64BitInt = 2**64 - 1

bigNum = max64BitInt + 126

print 'This is a big number ', bigNum

#Python has the floor dividion operator as well as the power operator

#I do not think Java has any of these. Groovy probably has the power op

print '4//3 = ', 4//3

#See the GroovyNumbers program and verify that all concepts appear here as well