Why is this an infinite loop?
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  <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
  <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5039093/java-problem-whats-the-reason-behind-and-what-will-be-probable-output">Java problem-Whats the reason behind and what will be probable output</a>  </p>
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<pre><code>int i=0;
for(a=0;a&lt;=integer.MAX_VAL;a++)
{
  i++;
}

System.out.println(i);
</code></pre>

<p>Why does this result in an infite loop?</p>
