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Add handwavy justification for switching between "a" and "the". Chris Pressey 6 years ago
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1212 functions associated with those symbols.
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1414 Thus, the meaning of a program is a function that takes stacks to stacks.
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16 A stack contains zero or more elements, and each element may be one of
15 Since the program generally only deals with one stack at a time, it is
16 also possible to think of this as a single stack ("the" stack) which gets
17 modified over time.
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19 The stack contains zero or more elements, and each element may be one of
1720 two kinds of values: unbounded integers, and functions which take stacks
18 to stacks. A stack is generally accessed in a LIFO fashion, with a few
21 to stacks. The stack is generally accessed in a LIFO fashion, with a few
1922 strategic exceptions.
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2124 Here is a table mapping the legal Equipage symbols to functions.