MartinB comments on Personal Benefits from Rationality

MartinB 12 May 2011 20:22 UTC
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using a queue instead of a stack for scheduling chores

I am not a native English speaker, and so usually saw these as synonymous. Could you explain a bit what the difference is?
- Vladimir_Nesov 12 May 2011 20:57 UTC
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  It’s not about English:
  - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queue_(data_structure)
  - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stack_(data_structure)
  - MartinB 12 May 2011 21:49 UTC
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    Ahh, yes of course. LIFO vs. FIFO. Thank you for explaining.