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1. Stack is used for static memory allocation, Heap is used for dynamic memory allocation.
2. Variables allocated on the stack are stored directly into memory and access memory very faster and its allocation dealt with compile time.
Variable allocated on the heap have their memory allocated at run time and accessing their memory is bit slower.
3. Stack is always reserved in LIFO order, but you can allocate and release any element/block on heap anytime. So this is much complex to say about which block is free or allocated at given time.
4. You can use stack when you know how much data you need to allocate before compile time and they are not too big. You can use heap when you don't know how much data you need to allocate or they are too big.
5. Stack is thread specific and heap is application specific. In multi threaded, each thread has its own stack.
Stack allocation vs Heap allocation (Why stack is faster than heap)
Stack allocation means that assembly just needs to increment stack pointer and that’s it. How ever in case of heap, there is lot more going on. The memory allocator needs to ask kernel for some free page, needs to partition the page properly, with time fragmentation may occur, etc. Thus with one word to say, lot of work. Struct is stored in stack and class is stored in heap.
1. Stack is used for static memory allocation, Heap is used for dynamic memory allocation.
2. Variables allocated on the stack are stored directly into memory and access memory very faster and its allocation dealt with compile time.
Variable allocated on the heap have their memory allocated at run time and accessing their memory is bit slower.
3. Stack is always reserved in LIFO order, but you can allocate and release any element/block on heap anytime. So this is much complex to say about which block is free or allocated at given time.
4. You can use stack when you know how much data you need to allocate before compile time and they are not too big. You can use heap when you don't know how much data you need to allocate or they are too big.
5. Stack is thread specific and heap is application specific. In multi threaded, each thread has its own stack.
Stack allocation vs Heap allocation (Why stack is faster than heap)
Stack allocation means that assembly just needs to increment stack pointer and that’s it. How ever in case of heap, there is lot more going on. The memory allocator needs to ask kernel for some free page, needs to partition the page properly, with time fragmentation may occur, etc. Thus with one word to say, lot of work. Struct is stored in stack and class is stored in heap.
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