Chapter 7. Composite Data Types and Memory Objects
Composite data types are types that are composed of other, more primitive, types. Examples of composite data types commonly found in applications include pointers, arrays, records or structures, and unions. Many high-level languages provide syntactical abstractions for these composite data types that make them easy to declare and use, all the time hiding their underlying complexities.
Though the cost of using these composite data types is not terrible, it is very easy for a programmer to introduce inefficiencies into an application by using these data types without understanding the underlying costs. ...
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