Daniel Lohmann <daniel.lohmann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Well, it may be not just about speed. On small embedded systems, for > instance, it is often required to be as thrifty as possible with the > stack. Therefore embedded system developers tend to prefer global > (static) over local (auto) variables You mean on systems with special dedicated stack memory (DSPs?)? If the stack just uses general memory (as is the case for all the embedded processors I work with), using "static" for local variables is going to generally require _more_ memory than using the stack... -Miles -- Saa, shall we dance? (from a dance-class advertisement)
