On Mon, 3 Nov 1997, Davies, Nathan wrote:
> A stack is FIFO, First in, First out, as in push and pop. A stack of
> dishes.
Yep.. I place all my dirty dishes in one stack and start from the buttom.
>
> A queue is LIFO, Last in, First out, like a conveyor belt.( so I
> couldn't think of a good practical example, sue me :)
I need to remember that one next time I'm at the postoffice. Gotta
wait on the last person till I enter the queue.
Erik Niese-Petersen
AKA Quint the Typo Dane
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