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Re: To Robert...

• Posted by Robert Craig <rds at ATTCANADA.NET> Sep 25, 1999
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Mike Hurley writes:
> I've seen "foo" in many examples in the Euphoria
> documentation and in the EMail you posted today
> (RE: multi OS support).  Does it stand for something
> or for some reason is it just a common misc. variable name?

There was a big discussion about the origin of
"foo" many months ago on this mailing list.
Apparently "foo" came from "fubar". That's why you sometimes
see "foo" and "bar" used together. "fubar" dates back
a few decades and stands for "F*cked Up Beyond All Repair".

Computer people use "foo" in examples when they
need to use some name, but they want to remind you
that the name is arbitrary, i.e. you aren't required to
literally type "foo" at that point in the code.

Regards,
     Rob Craig
     Rapid Deployment Software
     http://www.RapidEuphoria.com