Comments by "Anony Mousse" (@anon_y_mousse) on "wtf is “the stack” ?" video.

  1. He represented it symbolically which is probably the wrong way to demonstrate it. The stack grows downward and every push operation subtracts from the stack pointer by the size of the operand and then moves it into place where the pointer now points.
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  2. I would have preferred you describe the stack the way it's laid out instead of symbolizing it. After all, you subtract from the stack pointer because when you're first given a stack you are pointing to the end of the stack. Every push instruction essentially subtracts the amount of space for whatever object you're about to add so that you can move it into place where the new position of the stack pointer points. If you really want to get in depth, it'd be nice to explain how the loader sets up the stack for your program.
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