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Comment by worthless-trash

3 years ago

From the dictionary.

Queue: a list of data items, commands, etc., stored so as to be retrievable in a definite order, usually the order of insertion.

note the term "Usually", not "always".

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worthless-trash

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nsonha  3 years ago

> to be retrievable in a definite order, usually the order of insertion.

always has an oder, which is usually of insertion.

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