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    Nov 5, 2007, 08:42 PM
    Lifo fifo
    Having trouble understanding LIFO and FIFO.:( :confused:
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    Nov 5, 2007, 09:15 PM
    First In First Out Stack
    1
    2
    3
    4

    Item #1, then 2, then 3 and then item #4 or more complicated

    Stack
    1
    2
    3
    4
    Let's take item #1 and add a new item #5 so the stack is now

    5
    2
    3
    1

    The next element we take is #5

    Last In First Out Stack
    1
    2
    3
    4... 4 then 3 then 2 then 1

    And if I take an element and add an element
    1
    2
    3
    4
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    Mar 10, 2008, 08:33 PM
    Mmm! Sarah, Can you do any better? Your disagreement is 4 months late. The original poster had no problems with it.
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    Mar 13, 2008, 12:53 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by KeepItSimpleStupid
    Mmm! Sarah, Can you do any better? Your disagreement is 4 months late. The original poster had no problems with it.
    Sorry, but I have to agree that it was very confusing.

    Although, Sarah, I do have to also agree that it's a bit useless to hand out negative reputations four months after the fact.
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    Mar 13, 2008, 02:22 PM
    Ah, I was answering based on computer science terms thus the terminology of STACK which is a computer science term and for that matter was necessary to understand how early HP calculators operated using Reverse Polish Notation rather than algebraic.

    If I had paid attention to the category, I would have answered it using accounting examples of say inventory. I learned both. Since, I come from an engineering background, the computer science example term took precedence.

    Sorry, and thanks for the opportunity to clarify my position.
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