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  1. Path: news.cyberport.com!usenet
  2. From: tangent@cyberport.com (Warren Young)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
  4. Subject: Re: Pronouncing "deque"
  5. Date: Sat, 27 Jan 1996 03:15:21 GMT
  6. Organization: ETR..., Inc.
  7. Message-ID: <31099843.439215040@news.cyberport.com>
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  12. Richard Gemmell <rjg@parallax.co.uk> wrote:
  13.  
  14. >>: Simple question, but how does one pronounce "deque"? Is it:
  15. .... [answer nuked] ....
  16. >Does anyone know why it isn't spelt 'deck'?
  17.  
  18. Because it looks more classique?  Actually, I always thought it was
  19. some sort of portmanteau of "double-ended queue".
  20.  
  21. = Warren --
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