Re: C++ compiler and memory

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From: Tim Roberts (timr_at_probo.com)
Date: 10/07/04 

Date: Wed, 06 Oct 2004 21:04:59 -0700

"JSmith" <jsmithmitra@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>C++ compiler devides the memory into 4 different sections. I know two of
>them are heap and stack. What are the rest? or please correct me if I'm
>wrong.

Perhaps if you told us where you read this, we might be able to guess what
it actually means. Without the context, it is hard for us to guess what is
meant hear.

For example, you might say that a program works with code, data, stack, and
heap, but I would not call that "dividing" the memory, and I would not call
that a native function of a C++ compiler.

On the other hand, the file format used in Windows (PE) is divided into
tables called "sections". There is are sections for code, data, resources,
debug information, and some other things. 

-- 
- Tim Roberts, timr@probo.com
  Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc

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