On 12 Dec 99, at 8:09, thus spake Linux India Digest:
> question may seem rather dumb, but 'kindly adjust'. Doubt of the day:
> What th !@#$%^&* are 'foo' and 'bar' !
You almost answered it yourself <g> FOOBAR comes from US
army (and later hacker) slang fubar (f***ed up beyond all
recognition) - where f***ed can mean "fouled up" if you're in polite
company :-)
these are used to say "any generic function" - that's part of it. For
more - dig deeper into c and linux
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