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  2. From: Richard Gemmell <rjg@parallax.co.uk>
  3. Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
  4. Subject: Re: Pronouncing "deque"
  5. Date: 26 Jan 1996 14:30:38 GMT
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  16. jdege@winternet.com (Jeff Dege) wrote:
  17. >On Sat, 20 Jan 1996 12:55:22 +0800, Tim North (North_TJ@cc.curtin.edu.au) wrote:
  18. >: Simple question, but how does one pronounce "deque"? Is it:
  19. >: 
  20. >:     (a) deck;
  21. >:     (b) dee-cue; or
  22. >:     (c) something else?
  23. >: 
  24. >
  25. >Knuth, ``The Art of Computer Programming, v. 1'', p. 235:
  26. >
  27. >    A deque is therefore more general than a stack or a queue; it has
  28. >    some properties in common with a deck of cards, and it is pronounced
  29. >    in the same way.
  30. >
  31.  
  32. Does anyone know why it isn't spelt 'deck'?
  33.  
  34. Richard
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