7VARIABLES IN A HIGH-LEVEL LANGUAGE

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This chapter explores the low-level implementation of variables found in high-level languages. Although assembly language programmers usually have a good feel for the connection between variables and memory locations, HLLs add sufficient abstraction to obscure this relationship. We’ll cover the following topics:

  • The runtime memory organization typical for most compilers

  • How the compiler breaks up memory into different sections and places variables into each

  • The attributes that differentiate variables from other objects

  • The difference between static, automatic, and dynamic variables

  • How compilers organize automatic ...

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