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Re: foo?
On Thu, Oct 04, 2001 at 10:23:15AM -0700, Travis Davies wrote:
> What is foo? I've seen it before in source code, but I
> have never been able to figure out what it is.
Danny's favorite explanation:
fubar - fsk'd up beyond all recognition, pronounced "foo bar". Programmers
use "foo" and "bar" pretty frequently, as they're keep on screwy acronym
thingies like that.
Or, you could use the jargon file's explanation at
http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/jargon/html/entry/foo.html
and the related foobar entry
http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/jargon/html/entry/foobar.html
--Danny
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