colloquial meaning of 'function stack'?

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jennypenny
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colloquial meaning of 'function stack'?

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I've run across 'function stack' used in a non-scientific way three times in the last two weeks. I assumed the term must have some colloquial meaning now but couldn't figure it out. Today it turned up in something I'm editing so I need to understand its usage. Google isn't helping much. Anyone willing to explain what it means?

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Re: colloquial meaning of 'function stack'?

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Jeeze I only know the programming context. In the sense you push your variables on the (memory) stack, do your stuff, then pop them off. Maybe it means the info you're handed. Never heard it used in a normal context.

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context?

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"disordered personal function stack" ... a negative comment about a high-ranking person

I'm thinking the author (journo) picked up the phrase at a cocktail party, but like I said I've seen it used a couple of times recently so it must be a *thing* now.

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Stacks are FIFO or LIFO with a few functions to change the top few entries... anything else is disordered.

Edit: hmm, seems to be tied in with Myers-Briggs. See http://personalityjunkie.com/functional ... cs-theory/

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GTOO -- I bet that's it! "Function" instead of "functional" threw me off. She's into MBTI so I'm sure that's what she's trying to imply. I'll change it to 'functional'. Thanks!!!

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