And don't forget "goo". "foo" and "goo" go together:-)
-Stathis.
Soeren Staun-Pedersen wrote:
>
> > Probably some of you are laughing while reading this :) But I have seen the
> > word "foo" used so many time (in programming) from different resources for
> > different reasons. Has it any meaning? (e.g. in PHP)
>
> It's just one of those words which stuck around. People like Leslie
> Lamport (LaTeX) and other computer scientists have kept it alive for at
> least a century now.
>
> Most people believe it originates from "foobar" or "fubar" which is
> actually an acronym for "Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition". :-)
>
> Regards,
>
> Soeren Staun-Pedersen - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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