array init'ing, static or auto?

[Ross Yahnke, MACC]

If I init a char array declared inside a function with a string:
  wubba()
  { char wubbaStr[] = "wubba";
  ...

when does actually get init'ed? When the function is called?

If wubba() got called a few thousand times, would it be faster
to make wubbaStr static instead?
  wubba()
  { static char wubbaStr[] = "wubba";

I'm assuming it would be cuz wubbaStr would get init'ed at program
load time, and not when the function is called... any comments?

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