Storage Binding: Static

• Storage
  • Bound/Allocated at Compile Time
  • Unbound/Deallocated when program terminates
• Other Attributes bound statically
• Applications:
  • Global Variables
  • History Sensitive Function Variables (e.g., static variables in C++)
• Advantage:
  • Efficient: No run-time allocation/deallocation overhead
  • Efficient: Variable addresses compiled into code
• Disadvantage:
  • Reduced Flexibility: Unusable for Recursion