Body painting - array.jpg

array is a data structure consisting of a list of elements, each identified by integer indices In most programming languages, an array has the following methods: push() - adds new element to the end pop() - removes the last element unshift() - adds new element to the beginning shift() - removes the first element Between 1957-1967 at the East Campus Commons Cafeteria at MIT had spring loaded stacks of plates which probably inspired to use PUSH and POP terms by the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tech_Model_Railroad_Club" rel="nofollow">Tech Model Railroad Club</a> which influenced the design of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDP-6" rel="nofollow">Digital Equipment Corporation's (DEC) PDP-6</a> in 1963. The PDP-6 was one of the first computer to have stack oriented instructions in the hardware. The instructions were PUSH, POP, PUSHJ, POPJ. A woman stands nude in profile facing left. She is photographed down to her mid thigh. On her face is painted in blue "→PUSH ←POP", her torso is "0 1 2 3 4 ...", and her hip is "UNSHIFT← SHIFT→".

Artist: Exey Panteleev. License: CC BY 2.0. Source

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