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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