On Saturday 03 Apr 2004 5:01 pm, Chuck Mattsen wrote: > On Sat, 2004-04-03 at 09:57, Thujan wrote: > > Hi Everybody, > > > > I tried to search with google that what is often repeated foo? > > And I got even more confused when I red about master foo? > > http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/unix-koans/ > > Can somebody explain what these terms means, foo, foo bar, > > master foo? > > Instead of "foo bar," look up "fubar," which was the original > acronym. > > :-) > > If that doesn't yield results, then obviously it's SNAFU. :-)
Incorrect. It's obviously TARFU. But then that's SNAFU. To be fair foo and bar have their own history that may not be related to FUBAR et al. Check out the jargon file. http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/go01.html Also note that pilots in WWII reported UFOs as "foo fighters". -- Richard Urwin
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