Chapter 6.5, Problem 6.5.4CP

Explanation of Solution

Activation records:

Explanation:

The above figure show the contents of the activation records in the call stack for the criteria just before the method is invoked, just as max is entered, just before max is returned and right after max is returned.

Activation records for “just before method max is invoked”

Here, the space is allotted for the main method and “max” holds the value “0”.

Activation records for “just a maxis entered”:

Here, the space is allotted for the max method and the value of “ma...