Jason: Foo & bar (or just foobar) are terms of varied origins simply meant to express 'this thing' as in 'in function foo what will the output be given argument bar'. (Compare also to: x (y)) There are many explanations for the origin of the term, and most are captured at one of the two following links:
FOLDOC (Free Online Dictionary Of Computing) http://foldoc.doc.ic.ac.uk/foldoc/foldoc.cgi?query=foo The Jargon File http://catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/F/foo.html http://catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/F/foobar.html Hope this helps. Matt > -----Original Message----- > From: jason corbett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 1:43 PM > To: perl beginners > Subject: Foo (Bar) > > As a newbie, I have seen the statement "foo (bar)" mentioned in books and > and even on this site. I haven't yet seen what this actually mean as I can > assume that its just for examples. If I am wrong please explain in detail > what this is about. > > Thanks, > JC -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
