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Midterm Exam 2 – Wednesday, November 5, 2025, 7:30 - 9:30 pm

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The Stack from a Programmer’s Perspective

What does the compiler need to do to make function calls work?

The Stack and Stack Frames

Stack Layout

Instructions - Transferring Control

Flow Control

Stack Frames

Return Value

Frame Base Pointer %ebp

Stack Pointer %esp

Registers and Local Variables

IA-32

Function Call-Return Example

CALL code in dequeue

RETURN code in dequeue

CALL code in inc

RETURN code in inc

Execution Trace of Stack and Registers