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From: az915@freenet.carleton.ca (William G. Royds)
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: Sat, 24 May 1997 20:46:14 +0000
Organization: Nova Arcadia Heritage Consultants
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Sender: az915@freenet.carleton.ca (William G. Royds)
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Hrvoje Niksic wrote:
>
> 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}.
>
> --
Actually the original term was from the Second World war and was a
description of what happened to a plane hit by ack-ack fire (anti
aircraft guns). THe term was fubar (F*cked Up Beyond All Recognition)
with the first part Fu (F*cked Up) becoming foo by early lisp hackers.
--
Bill Royds
Hunt-Club/OT8(Mooney's Bay)/R16