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- From: bhutto@gate.net (William Hutto)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
- Subject: Re: Stupid Question: What does "foo" stand for?
- Date: 17 Jan 1996 01:06:44 GMT
- Organization: CyberGate, Inc.
- Message-ID: <4dhi34$18p2@news.gate.net>
- References: <DLA6o4.8s0@bcstec.ca.boeing.com> <4dh6qc$mbv@chianina.au.wang.com>
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- In article <4dh6qc$mbv@chianina.au.wang.com>,
- Jeremy Lee <jeremy_lee@ccmail.au.wang.com> wrote:
- >Just Curious wrote:
- >>Does anyone know what the generic function name "foo" stands for?
- >
- >Its a bastardisation of the acronym FUBAR which stands for
- >
- >Fkd
- >Up
- >Beyond
- >All
- >Recognition.
- >
- >Its kinda cute that you hear it cited as a general name for a function,
- >by C tutors in front of green students who, like the tutor, probably know
- >nothing of the origin.
- >
-
- Wasn't it coined by Joseph Blough, CIO of the International Widget Corp?
-
- Bill
-
- "Whatcha got on?...Your mind?"
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