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What are the primary differences between stack memory and heap memory in terms of their management, efficiency, and use cases in programming?

Answer 1

Victor Cooper

Stack memory is managed automatically with a Last In, First Out (LIFO) structure, providing fast allocation and deallocation, and is typically used for static memory allocation. Heap memory, managed manually or by garbage collection, allows dynamic memory allocation but is slower and prone to fragmentation. It is ideal for objects requiring dynamic memory sizes.