Stack vs Heap
Stack vs Heap September 17, 2019 by thepigeonfighter Synopsis Stack and Heap refer to different memory segments. In general, the size of the stack will be much smaller than the heap, but the time required to access data on the stack will be much shorter than trying to access data that is stored in the heap. More Info This is an inherently confusing question. Why? Because in computer science there is a data structure called a “Stack” and a data structure called a “Heap.” When people are talking about the stack and the heap and computer memory, they are NOT referring to the data structures, but to memory segments inside the computer. To make it more confusing, the “stack” they are talking about actually employs the “Stack” data structure. For that reason, we will really quickly describe what a “Stack” data structure is before we investigate what people mean when they refer to the stack vs the heap. ...