Unix Stack Frame Questions

Scott Schwartz schwartz at groucho.cs.psu.edu
Tue Apr 9 13:46:40 AEST 1991


kers at hplb.hpl.hp.com (Chris Dollin) writes:
   Does calling it a stack frame make it a stack frame? It might be
   just a record in the heap. Whether we call that a ``stack frame''
   or not seems to be a matter of taste. 

"Activation record" is probably a better (more general) name for what
is being discused.



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