5.5. Operators
Numeric types support a wide variety of operators, ranging from the standard type of operators to operators created specifically for numbers, and even some which apply to integer types only.
5.5.1. Mixed-Mode Operations
It may be hard to remember, but when you added a pair of numbers in the past, what was important was that you got your numbers correct. Addition using the plus ( + ) sign was always the same. In programming languages, this may not be as straightforward because there are different types of numbers.
When you add a pair of integers, the + represents integer addition, and when you add a pair of floating point numbers, the + represents double-precision floating point addition, and so on. Our little description extends ...
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