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I was told by my professor/book that computer programs use two kinds of memory and that all variables get allocated either on the stack or on the heap. Is this true? How can I tell where a variable...
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Alexei
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2020-10-24T15:04:35Z (about 4 years ago)
removed irrelevant tags + added one
- I was told by my professor/book that computer programs use two kinds of memory and that all variables get allocated either on the _stack_ or on the _heap_. Is this true? How can I tell where a variable gets allocated? Does the compiler handle allocation differently depending on which programming language I use?
- I was told by my professor/book that computer programs use two kinds of memory and that all variables get allocated either on the _stack_ or on the _heap_. Is this true? How can I tell where a variable gets allocated? Does the compiler handle allocation differently depending on which programming language I use?
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Lundin
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2020-10-05T11:51:55Z (about 4 years ago)
I was told by my professor/book that computer programs use two kinds of memory and that all variables get allocated either on the _stack_ or on the _heap_. Is this true? How can I tell where a variable gets allocated? Does the compiler handle allocate differently depending on which programming language I use?
- I was told by my professor/book that computer programs use two kinds of memory and that all variables get allocated either on the _stack_ or on the _heap_. Is this true? How can I tell where a variable gets allocated? Does the compiler handle allocation differently depending on which programming language I use?
#1: Initial revision
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Lundin
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2020-08-28T10:23:22Z (over 4 years ago)
What gets allocated on the stack and the heap?
I was told by my professor/book that computer programs use two kinds of memory and that all variables get allocated either on the _stack_ or on the _heap_. Is this true? How can I tell where a variable gets allocated? Does the compiler handle allocate differently depending on which programming language I use?