> Hi, Paul: > > There are no dumb questions... > There are, however, dumb answers. > It is up to you to separate the grain from the chaff. > IMHO, 'foo' is a polite synonym for 'fu' which is > part of 'fubar'. ergo, 'foo', as used commonly as a > placeholder, has no meaning.
And here follows the dumb anwer from me: Foo is also my last name ;) Chuck's right - there are no dumb questions - If no one ever asked a lot of us would not have a clue what was going on etc. > HTH, Chuck > > Paul Kraus wrote: > > What does foo stand for. It is used everywhere. I understand its just a > > placeholder for the file name or what ever is pertinent to the context > > it is used but I would still like to know what it means. > > > > Paul Kraus http://www.linuxvoodoo.com perl -le '$_="75>42833<33.=3?,13406577073890:;90833<330690<3!!";tr[0-?][ YXOUIWLVETHDCNM];print' - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
