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Re: Where does the allocation happen.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Arthur van Hoff)
Wed Nov 29 17:57:47 1995
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 10:32:15 -0800
From: Arthur.Vanhoff@Eng.Sun.COM (Arthur van Hoff)
To: pbadri@cisco.com
Cc: java-interest@java.Eng.Sun.COM
Hi Pradeep,
> When i allocate memory for an object/array, where does it happen.
> in the heap or in the stack.
Allocation always happens on the heap. There is no way to allocate
stack space other than the local variables themselves. The reasoning
behind this is that eventually garbage collectors will be just as
efficient.
Have fun,
Arthur van Hoff
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