From: Ian Chapman <ichapman AT nortelnetworks DOT com>
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Subject: Re: what's foo?
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 11:35:42 -0500
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Hi,
	this offers quite a different explanation.
  http://www.wolfstonelaw.com/bio_glw_priv-ryan.html

		Regards Ian.



Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 9 Jan 2001, bedbed wrote:
> 
> > I see the phase 'foo' so often in C related topics. What does it mean
> > or originate from?
> 
> It comes from "fubar", which see.  (That's why you will also see `foo'
> and `bar' mentioned in the same text.)