Do static members of a class occupy memory if no object of that class is created?

Question

Say I have a class and I have a static member in it, but I don\'t create any objects of that type. Will the memory be occupied for the static variable? If it would be occupi

Answer 1

Static variables are stored in a special memory area called BSS, while instances of a class are stored in a heap or on a stack. So, static members are stored separately.