It could mean the state of equipment - but it could mean the state of the situation after the officers got themselves involved.
The enlisted personnel tended to to invent acronyms as a spoof on the official military jargon. This also had the advantage of "double-speak" when having a conversation in front of 2nd Lts. who were too proud (or something) to ask what was being said. After all, they had been declared OFFICERS & GENTLEMEN by an Act of Congress and knew everything that needed to be known (except for, or course, that known by the 1st Seargent - WHO KNEW EVERYTHING ). The enlisted personnel had the nickname of G.I. (Government Issue) and so it went. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sander Faas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Jess users'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 8:48 AM Subject: JESS: Foo bar > Hello, > > Probably it's something every native English speaker knows, but as a > Dutchman I'm wondering for some time already what 'foo bar' stands for. > These words are not only used in the Jess manual but also in other documents > about programming. I looked in my (not so good) dictionary and with Google, > but failed to find anything. So my question is, what do these words mean? > > Bye, > Sander > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, send the words 'unsubscribe jess-users [EMAIL PROTECTED]' > in the BODY of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED], NOT to the list > (use your own address!) List problems? Notify [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send the words 'unsubscribe jess-users [EMAIL PROTECTED]' in the BODY of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED], NOT to the list (use your own address!) List problems? Notify [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------
