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Re: hello, anyone out there?!

• Posted by Karlheinz Nester <Karlheinz_Nester at COMPUSERVE.COM> May 11, 1998
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FOO ???

I just checked Microsoft's Compurt Dictionary:
foo. A string used by programmers in place of more specific information.
Variables or functions in code examples intended to demonstrate syntax,
as well as temporary scratch files,may all appear with the name "foo".
Likewise,a programmer may type "foo" to test a string input handler.
If a second placeholder string is needed,it will often be "bar",suggestin=
g
that the origin of both is the U.S. Army phrase FUBAR (an acronym which,
in discrete language, represent Fouled Up Beyond All Rrecognition/Repair)=
=2E
However,other origins have been claimed.

Now I'm "euphoric" to know if there are more explanations !

Karlheinz