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From: Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@srce.hr>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.x,alt.os.linux,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,gnu.misc.discuss,comp.unix.solaris
Subject: Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list?
Date: 23 May 1997 19:38:28 +0200
Organization: SRCE Zagreb, Croatia
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Nathan Hand <Nathan.Hand@anu.edu.au> writes:
> Hrvoje Niksic wrote:
> > Greg Hayes <greg@hayford.demon.co.uk> writes:
> > > Where does 'foo' come from
> > File: jargon.info, Node: foo, Next: foobar, Prev: fontology, Up: = F =
> > :foo: /foo/ 1. /interj./ Term of disgust. 2. Used very
> > [3 pages of fooey deleted]
> Sheesh. What have you got on "bar"?
File: jargon.info, Node: bar, Next: bare metal, Prev: banner, Up: = B =
:bar: /bar/ /n./ 1. The second {metasyntactic variable},
after {foo} and before {baz}. "Suppose we have two
functions: FOO and BAR. FOO calls BAR...." 2. Often
appended to {foo} to produce {foobar}.
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Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@srce.hr> | Student at FER Zagreb, Croatia
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