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Java uses the stack for local variables (including pointers to objects on the heap and primitives), and I believe Python uses a stack for the same as well. Retu

Java uses the stack for local variables (including pointers to objects on the heap and primitives), and I believe Python uses a stack for the same as well. Return pointers are the least of stack usage.

Veedrac 9y ago
They don't allocate objects on the stack, though; they merely store bindings (and, in Java's case, primitives).