From: alainm AT news DOT RISQ DOT QC DOT CA (Alain Magloire) Subject: Re: off topic: what is foo? Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp References: <7t2er4$uoq$1 AT nnrp1 DOT deja DOT com> X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 16 Message-ID: Date: Fri, 01 Oct 1999 14:54:01 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 132.206.63.174 X-Complaints-To: abuse AT mcgill DOT ca X-Trace: carnaval.risq.qc.ca 938789641 132.206.63.174 (Fri, 01 Oct 1999 10:54:01 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 01 Oct 1999 10:54:01 EDT To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com chongkong AT my-deja DOT com wrote: : can anyone explain to me just why is so many sample code uses foo as a : variable or function name? 8-) You are asking for years of Un*x history, take a look at GNU jargon package. It explains the (ethimologie)etymology. Usually the word `foo' is use with `bar', foobar, fubar. FUBAR (`Fucked Up Beyond All Repair') -- au revoir, alain ---- Aussi haut que l'on soit assis, on est toujours assis que sur son cul !!!