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		Y_Y on Sept 3, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Chicken Scheme To my knowledge nobody has recorded a version of the song about Cheney, but it may be enjoyable to listen the more popular version about Charlie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Tc1GUXxr2o

gmfawcett on Sept 3, 2021 [–]

Great link! The name of Henry Baker's paper is a play-on-words that references that song:

> A Cheney queue is a garbage collection scheme originally described by J. C. Cheney. The MTA is a reference to a song recorded by The Kingston Trio.

https://wiki.c2.com/?CheneyOnTheMta

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