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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> </td><th width="60%" align="center">P</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <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,
and the fact that procedure return addresses are saved on a stack] (Also
PUSH <span class="pronunciation">/push/</span> or PUSHJ <span class="pronunciation">/push´J/</span>, the latter based on the
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
says that something has been pushed onto one's stack, it means that the
Damoclean list of things hanging over ones's head has grown longer and
heavier yet. This may also imply that one will deal with it
<span class="emphasis"><em>before</em></span> other pending items; otherwise one might say
that the thing was &#8216;added to my queue&#8217;. </p></dd><dd><p> 2. <span class="grammar">vi.</span> To enter upon a
digression, to save the current discussion for later. Antonym of
<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> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../P.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="Python.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">purple wire </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> Python</td></tr></table></div></body></html>