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                      3: stack                       Definition                      stack
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                      8: The stack is the segment of memory that holds function arguments,
                      9: local  variables,  function  return  addresses, and  stack  frame
                     10: linkage information.  The COHERENT library sets the stack size to
                     11: two kilobytes.  You can change the size of the stack by using the
                     12: command fixstack.
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                     14: If  your program  uses  recursive algorithms,  or declares  large
                     15: amounts  of automatic  data, or  simply  contains many  levels of
                     16: functions calls,  the stack  may ``overflow'', and  overwrite the
                     17: program data.
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                     19: ***** See Also *****
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                     21: definitions, fixstack
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