Re: Adding `final class Deque` to PHP

> On Sep 21, 2021, at 3:45 AM, Pierre Joye <pierre.php@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 21, 2021 at 11:21 AM Mike Schinkel <mike@newclarity.net> wrote: > >> Honestly, at first I confused Deque with >> Dequeue and was wondering why we would name a class with a verb? It >> wasn't until Rowan's comment that I realized Deque is an >> abbreviation. >> >> Which begs the question: how many other PHP developers will know computer science terms >> like this well enough to know Deque is a noun when they see it, and >> more importantly how many PHP developers will think to search for >> Deque when they need a queue? > > Unlike the Vector name which is really confusing as it is not a > vector, Deque is actually relatively known for anyone needing a double > ended queue. It even comes first in google search, wikipedia or java > implementations, which matches this implementation. Being able to google what Deque means is one thing, but thinking to search for it when you don't know it exists *and* you don't know that Deque is the term you would need to be searching for. > We expect our > users to know all weird names of different patterns, I trust them to > be able to learn what a Deque is. :) So we expect PHP developers to have a computer science background? Maybe you are assuming everyone minimally has your expertise? Have we as a group decided to forsake beginners? -Mike