What are the differences between slices and arrays in Go in terms of memory allocation?
- Slices and arrays both are dynamic.
- Slices and arrays both have fixed size.
- Slices are dynamic whereas arrays are fixed size.
- Slices are fixed size whereas arrays are dynamic.
Slices in Go are references to arrays, which means that a slice doesn't store any data itself. Instead, it stores a reference to the underlying array. Unlike arrays, slices can grow or shrink dynamically. This is because slices have a dynamic size, whereas arrays have a fixed size that cannot be changed after declaration.
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