In this case, entering 52 would result in the following message, revealing that scratch variable $1 has int (32-bit integer) type: | created scratch variable $1 : int Next, try entering age.

The maximum value of this number type, 2,147,483,647, is well known to C programmers as INT_MAX. Once INT_MAX is reached, attempting to record another view will normally roll over to -2,147,483,648.