try the jargon file, it will tell you more about where foo came from.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Rouvas Stathis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Soeren Staun-Pedersen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "SED" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 9:41 AM
Subject: Re: [PHP] What is "foo"?
> And don't forget "goo". "foo" and "goo" go together:-)
> -Stathis.
>
> Soeren Staun-Pedersen wrote:
> >
> > > Probably some of you are laughing while reading this :) But I have
seen the
> > > word "foo" used so many time (in programming) from different resources
for
> > > different reasons. Has it any meaning? (e.g. in PHP)
> >
> > It's just one of those words which stuck around. People like Leslie
> > Lamport (LaTeX) and other computer scientists have kept it alive for at
> > least a century now.
> >
> > Most people believe it originates from "foobar" or "fubar" which is
> > actually an acronym for "Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition". :-)
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Soeren Staun-Pedersen - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > ------
> > "The internet is full, beat it"
> > - Me.
> >
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