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- From: Richard Gemmell <rjg@parallax.co.uk>
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: Pronouncing "deque"
- Date: 26 Jan 1996 14:30:38 GMT
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- jdege@winternet.com (Jeff Dege) wrote:
- >On Sat, 20 Jan 1996 12:55:22 +0800, Tim North (North_TJ@cc.curtin.edu.au) wrote:
- >: Simple question, but how does one pronounce "deque"? Is it:
- >:
- >: (a) deck;
- >: (b) dee-cue; or
- >: (c) something else?
- >:
- >
- >Knuth, ``The Art of Computer Programming, v. 1'', p. 235:
- >
- > A deque is therefore more general than a stack or a queue; it has
- > some properties in common with a deck of cards, and it is pronounced
- > in the same way.
- >
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- Does anyone know why it isn't spelt 'deck'?
-
- Richard
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