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  1. Path: pegasus.montclair.edu!hubey
  2. From: hubey@pegasus.montclair.edu (H. M. Hubey)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
  4. Subject: Re: Stupid Question: What does "foo" stand for?
  5. Date: 16 Jan 1996 23:56:18 -0500
  6. Organization: Montclair State University
  7. Message-ID: <hubey.821854499@pegasus.montclair.edu>
  8. References: <DLA6o4.8s0@bcstec.ca.boeing.com> <4dhs6a$los$1@mhafn.production.compuserve.com>
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  10. X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #68 (NOV)
  11.  
  12. Tal Garfinkel <73400.667@CompuServe.COM> writes:
  13.  
  14. >Stupid question indeed...so please refrain from posting it and 
  15.  
  16. It apparently comes from the military fubar (fu*ked up beyond all
  17. recognition) which got changed to foobar because of 
  18. mispronunciation :-)..
  19.  
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  21. Those who speak don't know.               Those who know won't speak.
  22. http://www.smns.montclair.edu/~hubey      hubey@pegasus.montclair.edu
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