Iterating until int.MaxValue reached

Question

As a little test I wanted to see how long it would take to count to int.MaxValue in a C# console application. Every few hours I checked the progress. Last night when I thoug

Answer 1

When you add 1 to an Int32.MaxValue you will end up with Int32.MinValue.

int a = Int32.MaxValue;
a++; // a is now -2147483648