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Stack and heap - dynamic allocation question
Sources usually mention that dynamically created variables are allocated on the heap, while functions' variables on the stack. Also the ones on the stack cease to exist automatically when e.g. the ...
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Understanding stack frame of function call in C/C++?
I am trying to understand how stack frames are built and which variables (params) are pushed to stack in what order? Some search results showed that the C/C++ compiler decides based on operations ...
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Frame Pointer Explanation
In MIPS assembly, there is a register for the stack pointer, and another register for the frame pointer. What is the frame ponter and what is its purpose. How does it differ from the stack pointer?
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Unknown stack problem - what can be done to resolve this [closed]
I write Test Driven Code and my tessuits run quite well.
Static analysis with cppcheck does not turn up any warnings or errors.
Never the less when i integrate my units into a complete program i get ...
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A good C Variable Length Array example
This question got rather a freezing reception at SO, so I decided to delete it there and try here instead. If you think it does not fit here either, please at least leave a comment on suggestion how ...
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Which are the fundamental stack manipulation operations?
I'm creating a stack oriented virtual machine, and so I started learning Forth for a general understanding about how it would work. Then I shortlisted the essential stack manipulation operations I ...
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Why is the main memory for object allocation called the 'heap'?
Has anybody got an idea why the area of main memory where objects are allocated is referred to as the heap. I can understand the rationale for that of the stack LIFO but would like to know what the ...
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Is there a way to display the stack during recursion method?
I'm trying to learn recursion. I copied this bit of code from my book and added the displays to help me trace what the method is doing and when.
public static void main(String[] args) {
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Confusion of the “stack” in Assembly-level programming
What is the "stack" exactly? I've read articles, tried comprehending it through my understanding, experience, and educated guessing of programming and computers, but I'm a bit perplexed here.
The ...
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Amortized Analysis? (Worst-case Performance Guarantees)
What is Amortized Analysis? And how can it help me achieve worst-case performance guarantees in my programs?
I was reading that the following techniques can help the programmer achieve Worst-case ...
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Conceptually what does it mean when it is said that each thread gets its own stack?
I have been reading Java Concurrency in Practice by Brian Goetz and inside the section Stack Confinement it is mentioned that each thread gets its own stack and so local variables are intrinsically ...
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Tool to visualize values from variables during the execution of a program in C
I just need to see what is stored, in realtime, in some particular variables and struct used by an application written in C.
I need something like the stack tracer that comes with the ADT plugins for ...
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Why is putting something on the stack called “push”?
According to http://dictionary.reference.com
push
verb (used with object)
to press upon or against (a thing) with force in order to move it away.
to move (something) in a specified ...
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Dynamic typing across the whole technology stack - where to enforce data validity?
Over the past year or two, I've been playing with newer technologies in my side projects. As a web developer, I've gone from the following (and still the following, at work):
The 'classic' technology ...
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What is the difference between an Array and a Stack?
According to Wikipedia, a stack:
is a last in, first out (LIFO) abstract data type and linear data structure.
While an array:
is a data structure consisting of a collection of elements ...
