I think it's Roger's variation on "fie upon thee". Henry Rich
On Sat, Mar 18, 2023, 7:46 AM Elijah Stone <elro...@elronnd.net> wrote: > The phrase 'foo upon thee' appears many times in the j test suite. > > A google search reveals a forum post by roger from 1994 > (http://computer-programming-forum.com/9-apl/a0e17b293b053c07.htm) and an > article by robert bernecky from 1975 > (http://www.snakeisland.com/IPSANewsletter_1974_75_12_01.pdf). Does > anyone > know where it originates? > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
