Growth direction of runtime stack

StackOverflow https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23671290

  •  23-07-2023
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Question

Why does the runtime stack always grow down? (from higher memory address to lower memory address)

Are there any constraints which result in this situation?

Is it determined by the Operating System?

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Solution

It does not always grow down. It grows down on Intel hardware and is architecture-dependent.

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