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ok, you said that global variables are neither store in stack nor heap......but as we know that memory allocated in stack remains in existence for the duration of a program, and it is sufficient for global variable.....then why we not use stack for storing of global variables
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All the language spec says regards the duration of the storage.

Variables defined inside a function need to live for the duration of the function. Often this storage is referred to as stack storage.

Variables defined outside a function must exist for the duration of the program. Often this storage is called static storage. How this is implemented by a particular compiler is irrelevant.

There is no such thing as a global variable. This is the popular name for variables in static storage with external linkage.

Read this: http://bytes.com/topic/c/insights/73...obal-variables
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