From: napi@axiomsol.com   
      
   > I am wondering about the origin of name heap, for heap data-structure   
   > or the memory pool heap. Why was it named heap?   
   >   
   > Thanks   
   > [I think you're going to get the same answer you got in other   
   > newsgroups, because it's not a stack. -John]   
      
   A stack follows the stackmanship procedure (pop and push), while a   
   heap can be arbitrary in terms of its retrieval and recycle   
   management, hence the term heap.   
      
   Napi   
      
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