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Re:Choose Postgres Queue Technology by CyberDildonics on Monday September 25, 2023 @09:09AM (#37643179)
not necessarily 'work completed in order'

That's exactly what a queue means, not just in every day life, but specifically in computer science.

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Re:Choose Postgres Queue Technology by MaxBarraclough on Monday September 25, 2023 @03:50PM (#37649606)
This depends if we consider a priority queue to be a type of queue.
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Re:Choose Postgres Queue Technology by CyberDildonics on Monday September 25, 2023 @03:57PM (#37649700)
No it doesn't. A queue always has an order. A priority queue just means you aren't always inserting at the last place in the queue.
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