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- From: genew@mindlink.bc.ca (Gene Wirchenko)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
- Subject: Re: Stupid Question: What does "foo" stand for?
- Date: Sun, 21 Jan 1996 04:06:03 GMT
- Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
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- Earl F. Glynn <73257.3527@CompuServe.COM> wrote:
-
- >>> Loosen your tie.
- >>> In my opinion, the use of discouraging of the use of "foo"
- >>>should
- >>>be discouraged and shows a lack of appreciation of good software
- >>>cultural practices.
-
- >Do you know anything about the Software Maturity Model? I would
-
- No, the term sounds rather pedantic.
-
- >suggest those that use "foo", etc. in real code are stuck at the
-
- It wasn't in real code here.
-
- >"Level 1" (chaotic) stage, which is what is wrong with much of the
- >code written these days. Students might think such usage is OK
-
- Nice, one word and you get to slur most of the programmers on the
- planet. There is always examining code on a case by case basis.
-
- >since they saw such mnemonics used in college by their profs. The
-
- It is OK. It sets off example code rather nicely.
-
- >academics aren't helping create good software engineers.
-
- True, but they haven't ever done much in that way, have they? I
- presume you're using "software engineers" as a term meaning
- "programmer, analyst, etc. and taking on airs about it". I'm a
- programmer/analyst myself.
-
- >--
- >Earl F. Glynn
- >Staff Scientist
- >E for M Corporation, Cardiology Products Division
- >73257.3527@compuserve.com
-
- Sincerely,
-
- Gene Wirchenko
-
- C Pronunciation Guide:
- y=x++; "wye equals ex plus plus semicolon"
- x=x++; "ex equals ex doublecross semicolon"
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