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From: steve@warwick.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: Minix and compiler models
Message-ID: <405@euclid.warwick.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 14-Feb-87 17:44:28 EST
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Posted: Sat Feb 14 17:44:28 1987
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Reply-To: steve@warwick.UUCP (Steve Rumsby)
Organization: Maths Institute, Warwick University, UK
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In article <385@dayton.UUCP> joe@dayton.UUCP (Joseph P. Larson) writes:
>
>Per my old instructors and several co-workers, stacks grew up.  That is,
>they start in high memory and grow towards zero.
>
>Why is this growing up?  Because when you picture a stack, you but the
>low-order addresses near the top of the page.  You highest address is
>at the bottom of the page of paper.  Thus, although you are moving towards
>the low-order addresses, it was discussed as moving up.
>

But I've always writtem my addresses left to right on the paper - my stacks
grow left not up or down!!

					Steve.

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