> On Sep 21, 2021, at 3:45 AM, Pierre Joye <pierre....@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 21, 2021 at 11:21 AM Mike Schinkel <m...@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 -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: https://www.php.net/unsub.php
