From: fraser@synopsys.com (Fraser Wilson)
Subject: Re: What is a queue?
Date: 1999/02/10
Date: 1999-02-10T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <79sgat$oc1$1@remarQ.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 79qmk5$amc$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com
I nearly cried when adam@irvine.com said:
>Hmmm, my Merriam-Webster's Ninth New Collegiate (1984) gives "French,
>literally, tail" as the origin of the word.
Oh, wow. No wonder I've seen 'queue' used to denote that pony
tail that guys sometimes have. And they say the internet can't
teach us anything. Ha!
Fraser.
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1999-01-25 0:00 What is a queue? Joshua Shriver
1999-01-26 0:00 ` dennison
1999-02-02 0:00 ` Nick Roberts
1999-02-09 0:00 ` Michael F Brenner
1999-02-10 0:00 ` Jeff Carter
1999-02-17 0:00 ` Michael F Brenner
1999-02-18 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-02-19 0:00 ` Jeff Carter
1999-02-10 0:00 ` adam
1999-02-10 0:00 ` Fraser Wilson [this message]
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