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- From: ken.sheffield@onlinesys.com (KEN SHEFFIELD)
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- Subject: RE: STUPID QUESTION: WHAT
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- Date: Mon, 19 Feb 96 20:33:00 -500
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- Organization: Online Systems Of Canada
- Reply-To: ken.sheffield@onlinesys.com (KEN SHEFFIELD)
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- TOPIC: Re: Stupid Question: What
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- >>Wait a minute. There's another dumb question I have to ask. Why? Why do
- >>they love to use "foo" so much?
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- PKN> i thought it came from fubar (F$#!ed Up Beyond All Recognition) - an
- PKN> old milita ry acronym
- PKN> and was recast as foo and bar... i.e., if(foo==bar) return 0;
- I thought it meant "for observation only"
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- KEN SHEFFIELD
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