Author: Unknown
Subject: Re: Re: [Cs223] Automatic local variables and static local variables
Date: Tuesday, 03 Mar 2020, 16:04:35

    >    > Message Posted By: Unknown
    >    >
    >    > What are the differences between automatic local variables and static
    >    > local variables?

    >Automatic local variables are allocated on the stack and
    >thus their values are lost when the function exits.

    >Static local variables are allocated in the data segment
    >and thus their values are retained from one call to the
    >next.

    >--Stan-

What's the point of having persistent values in variables that only have block scope?