Memory Regions

Stack

Scratch space for function calls. Memory in the stack is automatically allocated and disallocated if one function is enteres or exited.

Heap

Values in head are not bound to the call stack of the program. They live until the memory is freed.

Main interaction with the Heap is to use the Box type. Box is a smart pointer that represents ownership of an object in the heap.

let x = Box:new(5)

Static Memory

Regions automatically loaded into the programs's memory when a program is executed.

Static memory hold the memory for variables you decalre with the static keyword as well as certain constnant values from the code.