Write what?

Erik Hoover grinchy at GRINCHY.COM
Wed Dec 29 02:28:04 UTC 2004


The misuse/confusion may be inexcusable (inexqueuesable?) but derived
in part from computer terminology.  In the logical structures of
programming languages and operating system internal organization,
queues and queueing are used to describe the orderly dispatch of
activity.

Erik

On Dec 25, 2004, at 11:00 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:

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> A comment posted by a PC troll on MacNN.com:
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>   _Queue_ the rabbid Apple zealots in 3... 2... 1...
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