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by User23 1656 days ago
> Ordering is too expensive. Don't ever count on it when using an asynchronous queue

In a field where precision is absolutely necessary, it's unfortunate to use the term queue to describe something that is not a queue.

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Curious, what's your definition of queue?
By definition a queue is FIFO, which requires preserving ordering, or else you could end up with FIRO (first in, random out)