Re: Off Topic: Stack vs. Heap

From: Gavin Deane (deane_gavin_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 10/09/03 

Date: 9 Oct 2003 05:30:08 -0700

"Kevin Grigorenko" <kzg110@psu.edu> wrote in message news:<bm2qgn$1n38$1@f04n12.cac.psu.edu>...
> Is the concept of stack and heap completely independent of the standard?

The standard defines static, dynamic and automatic storage duration,
which determine the life time of objects in your program. How those
storage durations are implemented (stack, heap, some other system),
whether there is a maximum amount of memory available, and whether
other programs can interfere with memory you have used are all details
specific to your implementation and operating system.

GJD

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