Why are static variables addressed directly while locals are addressed indirectly? I cannot see where the indirection comes from for locals!
Why are static variables addressed directly while locals are addressed indirectly? I cannot see
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Why are static variables addressed directly while locals are addressed indirectly? I cannot see where the indirection comes from for locals!
In languages that allow functions to be used recursively, locals need to be addressed indirectly (via the stack pointer).
C, however, has also static local variables, hence
staticandlocalare not necessarily mutually exclusive concepts.