[erlang-questions]: : queues (previously: documentation of data structures)
Andras Georgy Bekes
bekesa@REDACTED
Mon Dec 17 13:19:47 CET 2007
> Elements normally enters the first end and exits the last end.
>
> Regular (forward) direction:
>
> put_first(Item, Q1) -> Q2
> get_last(Q) -> Item
A queue is "FIFO" (First In First Out), so the first element is the one
that entered the queue first, and that will leave the queue first.
Your proposal is the opposite of this. Why?
Georgy
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