Primitive vs Reference Types / Stack vs Heap

CS Fundamentalsdata-structures

The Question

What is the difference between primitive and reference types? How do stack and heap relate?

What a Strong Answer Covers

• stack = local vars
• "heap = objects
• "Python: everything on heap
• "GC manages heap

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