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minus-squarebronzing@lemmy.fmhy.mlcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoCan someone explain the joke? I know what stacks are but I don’t get it…
minus-squareGentoo1337@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-21 year agoIt’s the last element, so it has to wait for all the other elements on top of it to be popped in order to be accessed I think op meant last as in the element on the bottom
minus-squarealexcoder04@programming.devOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoYea, I meant the last element as in the one at the bottom, but now I see that it‘s a little confusing…
minus-squareGentoo1337@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoYea I also thought the last one was the bottom one but then I remembered it was lifo
minus-squarebronzing@lemmy.fmhy.mlcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoOh ok I guess that makes sense. Was it that obvious? 😅
minus-squarefullcircle@vlemmy.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoHe looks like he’s guarding something? A sentinel value in an array-based stack implementation in C or something? I don’t know, I’m a bit confused too.
minus-squarewicked@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoMaybe it’s something about not knowing if the last element is the top of the stack or the bottom of the stack?
minus-squareDaleGribble88@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoSplit the difference, it is the only element in a deque.
Can someone explain the joke? I know what stacks are but I don’t get it…
It’s the last element, so it has to wait for all the other elements on top of it to be popped in order to be accessed
I think op meant last as in the element on the bottom
Yea, I meant the last element as in the one at the bottom, but now I see that it‘s a little confusing…
Yea I also thought the last one was the bottom one but then I remembered it was lifo
Oh ok I guess that makes sense. Was it that obvious? 😅
He looks like he’s guarding something? A sentinel value in an array-based stack implementation in C or something? I don’t know, I’m a bit confused too.
Maybe it’s something about not knowing if the last element is the top of the stack or the bottom of the stack?
Split the difference, it is the only element in a deque.