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  1. Path: news.production.compuserve.com!news
  2. From: Tal Garfinkel <73400.667@CompuServe.COM>
  3. Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
  4. Subject: Re: Stupid Question: What does "foo" stand for?
  5. Date: 17 Jan 1996 03:59:06 GMT
  6. Organization: CompuServe, Inc. (1-800-689-0736)
  7. Message-ID: <4dhs6a$los$1@mhafn.production.compuserve.com>
  8. References: <DLA6o4.8s0@bcstec.ca.boeing.com>
  9.  
  10. Stupid question indeed...so please refrain from posting it and 
  11. read the FAQ. But to answer the question "foo" has been the 
  12. traditional example function/variable name since K&R's first 
  13. edition.
  14.