Defining the float 3.4028235E38F gives the error "floating point number too large"

When you try to define a float with the value 3.4028235E38F you get "error: floating point number too large":

scala> 3.4028235E38F
<console>:1: error: floating point number too large
3.4028235E38F
^

whereas in java everything is fine:

java> 3.4028235E38F
java.lang.Float res0 = 3.4028235E38

you can even define it in scala with java methods:

scala>  java.lang.Float.intBitsToFloat(2139095039)
res0: Float = 3.4028235E38

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