What is the difference between stack and heap memory in C?

Stack	Heap
Local variables and function calls	Memory from malloc(), calloc(), realloc()
Managed automatically	Managed by the programmer with free()
Very fast	Slower
Limited size (stack overflow)	Much bigger
Memory ends when the function ends	Lives until freed

See Dynamic Memory Allocation and Recursion.

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