Difference between long and int in C#?

Question

What is the actual difference between a long and an int in C#? I understand that in C/C++ long would be 64bit on some 64bit platforms(depending on OS o

Answer 1

In C#, an int is a System.Int32 and a long is a System.Int64; the former is 32-bits and the later 64-bits.

C++ only provides vague guarantees about the size of int/long, in comparison (you can dig through the C++ standard for the exact, gory, details).