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What happens when you compare two primitives of different numerical types?
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smaller type is promoted
💡 Explanation:
When comparing primitives of different numeric types, Java applies binary numeric promotion - the smaller type is automatically promoted (widened) to the larger type. For example, comparing int and long promotes the int to long. No explicit cast is needed.