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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Adding `final class Deque` to PHP
From: pierre.php@gmail.com (Pierre Joye)

On Tue, Sep 21, 2021 at 11:21 AM Mike Schinkel <mike@newclarity.net> wrote:

> Honestly, at first I confused `Deque` with `Dequeue` and was wondering wh=
y we would name a class with a verb?  It wasn't until Rowan's comment that =
I realized `Deque` is an abbreviation.
>
> Which begs the question: how many other PHP developers will know computer=
 science terms like this well enough to know `Deque` is a noun when they se=
e it, and more importantly how many PHP developers will think to search for=
 `Deque` when they need a queue?

Unlike the Vector name which is really confusing as it is not a
vector, Deque is actually relatively known for anyone needing a double
ended queue. It even comes first in google search, wikipedia or java
implementations, which matches this implementation. We expect our
users to know all weird names of different patterns, I trust them to
be able to learn what a Deque is. :)

best,
--=20
Pierre

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