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To: Pierre Joye <pierre.php@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Adding `final class Deque` to PHP
From: mike@newclarity.net (Mike Schinkel)

> On Sep 21, 2021, at 3:45 AM, Pierre Joye <pierre.php@gmail.com> wrote:
>=20
> On Tue, Sep 21, 2021 at 11:21 AM Mike Schinkel <mike@newclarity.net> =
wrote:
>=20
>> Honestly, at first I confused `Deque` with `Dequeue` and was =
wondering why we would name a class with a verb?  It wasn't until =
Rowan's comment that I realized `Deque` is an abbreviation.
>>=20
>> 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 see it, and more importantly how many PHP developers will =
think to search for `Deque` when they need a queue?
>=20
> 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.

Being able to google what Deque means is one thing, but thinking to =
search for it when you don't know it exists *and* you don't know that =
Deque is the term you would need to be searching for.

> We expect our
> users to know all weird names of different patterns, I trust them to
> be able to learn what a Deque is. :)

So we expect PHP developers to have a computer science background? Maybe =
you are assuming everyone minimally has your expertise?  Have we as a =
group decided to forsake beginners? =20

-Mike=