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A LIFO (Last In, First Out) data structure.
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Why does the call stack have a static maximum size?
Those data structures typically have properties the OS stack has not:
Linked lists don't require contiguous address space. So they can add a piece of memory from wherever they want when they grow. … On the other hand the OS stack needs to keep pointers to the stack valid until the function to whose frame the target belongs returns. …