A process' memory usually is classified as either static, the size is predetermined at compile time, or dynamic, space is allocated as needed at runtime. The latter, in turn, is divided into heap ...

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One reason heap allocation is often used rather than stack allocation is to address changing sizes at runtime (Fig. 1). Normally the structure, such as an array, is allocated upon entry, used, and ...