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POPJ: /pop'J/ [from A {PDP-10} Return-from-subroutine Instruction] N.
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:POPJ: /pop'J/ [from a {PDP-10} return-from-subroutine
instruction] n.,v. To return from a digression. By verb doubling,
"Popj, popj" means roughly "Now let's see, where were we?"
See {RTI}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
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POPJ: /pop'J/ [from a {PDP-10} return-from-subroutine instruction] n.
v. To return from a digression. By verb doubling, "Popj, popj" means roughly "Now let's see, where were we?...
RTI /R-T-I/ interj. The mnemonic for the `return from interrupt' instruction on many computers including the 6502 and 6800.
The variant `RETI' is found among former Z80 hackers (almost nobody programs these things in assembler anymore)....
RTI: /R-T-I/ interj. The mnemonic for the `return from interrupt' instruction on many computers including the 6502 and 6800.
The variant `RETI' is found among former Z80 hackers (almost nobody programs these things in assembler anymore)....
push: [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 /push/ or PUSHJ /push'J/, the latter based on the PDP-10 procedure call instruction....
eturn from the dead: v. To regain access to the net after a long absence.
Compare {person of no account}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
pop: /pop/ [from the operation that removes the top of a stack, and the fact that procedure return addresses are usually saved on the stack] (also capitalized `POP') 1.
vt. To remove something from a {stack} or {pdl}....
elder days: n. The heroic age of hackerdom (roughly, pre-1980)
he era of the {PDP-10}, {TECO}, {{ITS}}, and the ARPANET....
J. Random: /J rand'm/ n. [generalized from {J. Random Hacker}] Arbitrary
ordinary; any one; any old. `J. Random' is often prefixed to a noun to make a name out of it....
push [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 /push/ or PUSHJ /push'J/, the latter based on the PDP-10 procedure call instruction....