3.2 Runtime Memory Organization
An operating system like Mac OS X, FreeBSD, Linux, or Windows tends to put different types of data into different sections (or segments) of memory. Although it is possible to reconfigure memory to your choice by running the linker and specifying various parameters, by default Windows loads an HLA program into memory using the organization appearing in Figure 3-7 (Linux, Mac OS X, and FreeBSD are similar, though they rearrange some of the sections).
Figure 3-7. HLA typical runtime memory organization
The operating system reserves the lowest memory addresses. Generally, your application cannot access data (or execute ...
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