FOOBAR dates from WW2 where it was more commonly spelled FUBAR. The polite definition is fouled up beyond all recognition. Guess what the real definition is!
Edward Long --- On Thu, 7/2/09, RPN01 <[email protected]> wrote: > From: RPN01 <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: OT (was Re: RHEL 5.4 Beta is out in the wild) > To: [email protected] > Date: Thursday, July 2, 2009, 11:45 AM > Actually, "foo" is unrelated to > "fubar". Foo was the licence plate on Smokey > Stover's two wheeled car in the comic strips, dating back > to the 1920's or > 1930's. "Fubar" and "foobar" came into use later, as far as > I can tell, but > it's hard to trace things like that. > > -- > Robert P. Nix Mayo > Foundation .~. > RO-OE-5-55 > 200 First Street SW /V\ > 507-284-0844 > Rochester, MN 55905 /( > )\ > ----- > > ^^-^^ > "In theory, theory and practice are the same, but > in practice, theory and practice are different." > > > > > On 7/2/09 8:20 AM, "Michael MacIsaac" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Rob, > > > >> Maybe you could get a position at the ITSO as an > editor and flag > >> the phrase "kill a daemon" > > > > I recently got a variable named "foo" edited out by an > ITSO editor. > > Because everyone knows that foo is a variant of fubar > which is an acronym > > with a *bad word* in it - "foo" might offend a > reader. The compromise was > > to name the variable "goo". > > > > The next step may be to disallow all variables > starting with "f", and who > > knows, maybe "s" too, for good measure :)) > > > > "Mike MacIsaac" <[email protected]> (845) > 433-7061 > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access > instructions, > > send email to [email protected] > with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit > > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access > instructions, > send email to [email protected] > with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
