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pop

Operation
Pop top operand stack word

pop

Forms
pop = 87 (0x57)

Stack
..., word ...

Description
The top word is popped from the operand stack.

The pop instruction must not be used unless word is a word that contains a 32-bit data type.

Notes
Except for restrictions preserving the integrity of 64-bit data types, the pop instruction operates on an untyped word, ignoring the type of the datum it contains.


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