OVERFLOW PDL


Meaning of OVERFLOW PDL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ n. ]

[MIT] The place where you put things when your PDL is full. If you don't have one and too many things get pushed, you forget something. The overflow pdl for a person's memory might be a memo pad. This usage inspired the following doggerel: Hey, diddle, diddle

The overflow pdl

To get a little more stack;

If that's not enough

Then you lose it all,

And have to pop all the way back.

-The Great Quux

The term `pdl' (see PDL ) seems to be primarily an MITism; outside MIT this term is replaced by `overflow stack ' (but that wouldn't rhyme with `diddle').

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