Activation Record Instances
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Show the stack with all activation record instances, including static and dynamic chains, when executions reaches position 1 in the following skeletal program. Assume Bigsub is at level 1.
procedure Bigsub is
procedure A
procedure B is
begin -- of B
... <-- 1
end; -- of B
procedure C is
begin - of C
...
B;
...
end; -- of C
begin - of A
...
C;
...
end; -- of A
begin -- of Bigsum
...
A;
...
End; -- of Bigsum
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1. Static chain is a chain of static links that connects its activation record instance (ARI)to all of its static ancestors ARIs. Static chains connect the set of stack frames in each dynamic environment as a tree.
2. Dynamic chains is the collection of dynamic links in the stack at a given time.
In Procedure Bigsub, the ...
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