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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>push</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../P.html" title="P"/><link rel="previous" href="purple-wire.html" title="purple wire"/><link rel="next" href="Python.html" title="Python"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">push</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="purple-wire.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><th width="60%" align="center">P</th><td width="20%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="Python.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="push"/><dt xmlns="" id="push"><b>push</b></dt></dt><dd><p> [from the operation that puts the current information on a stack,
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and the fact that procedure return addresses are saved on a stack] (Also
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PUSH <span class="pronunciation">/push/</span> or PUSHJ <span class="pronunciation">/push<73>J/</span>, the latter based on the
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PDP-10 procedure call instruction.) </p></dd><dd><p> 1. To put something onto a <a href="../S/stack.html"><i class="glossterm">stack</i></a>. If one
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says that something has been pushed onto one's stack, it means that the
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Damoclean list of things hanging over ones's head has grown longer and
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heavier yet. This may also imply that one will deal with it
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<span class="emphasis"><em>before</em></span> other pending items; otherwise one might say
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that the thing was ‘added to my queue’. </p></dd><dd><p> 2. <span class="grammar">vi.</span> To enter upon a
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digression, to save the current discussion for later. Antonym of
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<a href="pop.html"><i class="glossterm">pop</i></a>; see also <a href="../S/stack.html"><i class="glossterm">stack</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="purple-wire.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../P.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="Python.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">purple wire<72></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"><EFBFBD>Python</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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