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    Possible duplicate of When do you use float and when do you use double Commented Apr 26, 2016 at 16:10
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    How in the world did you infer "float is really only good for numbers with a lot of digits after the decimal point" from the answers to that question?! They say the direct opposite! Commented Apr 26, 2016 at 16:48
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    @Eames Note how it says "numbers", not "digits". Floats are worse when you need precision or range, they are better when you need lots and lots of not-so-precise data. That's what those answers say. Commented Apr 26, 2016 at 17:22
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    Why do we have byte and short and int when there's long? Commented Apr 27, 2016 at 6:55
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    A much more fitting question is "why would you remove a keyword and primitive datatype from a language with decades of code that would just break for no reason"? Commented Apr 27, 2016 at 18:02