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CPSC 211 Data Structures & Implementations (c) Texas A&M University [ 13 ]
Stack vs. Heap
Memory used by an executing program is partitioned:
the stack:
– When a method begins executing, a piece of the
stack (stack frame) is devoted to it.
– There is an entry in the stack frame for
– For variables of primitive type, the data itself is
stored
For variables of object type,
– When the method finishes, the method’s stack frame
is
the heap: Dynamically allocated memory goes here,
including the actual data for objects. Lifetime is