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Should the last in a queue be served first? (LIFO)
- firebirdn99 3y agoRelated blog post with above link on FIFO vs LIFO queue management: https://www.qminder.com/blog/queue-management/first-in-first-out-queue-management/#:~:text=Last%2Din%2C%20first%2Dout%20queuing%20(LIFO)&text=Last%2Din%2C%20first%2Dout%20is%20relevant%20for%20systems%20which,program%20with%20the%20Undo%20button https://www.qminder.com/blog/queue-management/first-in-first....
- moritzwarhier 3y ago> The best system, however, turned out to be last-in-first-out - or to put it another way, last-come-first-served - with the person who arrives last getting served first. As long as it doesn't lead to stacking people, I guess it's fine. Bad puns aside, this seems pretty reasonable! But it leaves the time aspect as a blackbox, e.g. at airports there are boarding times and that makes people come early. Not sure if this is fully generalizable to any type of queue (: