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- From: Larry Weiss <lfw@oc.com>
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
- Subject: Re: Stupid Question: What does "foo" stand for?
- Date: Thu, 15 Feb 1996 16:57:23 -0600
- Organization: OpenConnect Systems, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Erick Wagner wrote:
- >
- > >Wait a minute. There's another dumb question I have to ask. Why? Why do
- > >they love to use "foo" so much?
- >
- > "foo" is an abbreviated form of the term FUBAR
- >
- > The "nice" definition of FUBAR is Fouled Up Beyond All/Any Recognition
- >
- > It's the same "F" as in RTFM
-
- Yeah, RTFM == Read The FUBAR Manual 8-)
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