Re: Re: [ql-users] foo

2005-02-21 Thread dilwyn.jones
There are at least 3936 RFCs see www.rfc-editor.org and of course basic ones like RFC Nr 791 and 793. I always smile when I see whole industries built on top of Request For Comments Arnould Yes, the very name is enough to make you smile! Arnould was referring to documents which

[ql-users] foo

2005-02-20 Thread Dilwyn Jones
I've been reading some documents about internet standards and terms which keep coming up and never being explained are foo and bar They are probably OS related rather than internet protocols as they keep coming up in examples, probaby Unixy terms. Anyone got any brief explanations of what they

Re: [ql-users] foo

2005-02-20 Thread Kjartan Geble Olsen
Just names used in examples, nothing else. You could take a look here: http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc3092.html Kjartan On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 10:50:36 -, Dilwyn Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been reading some documents about internet standards and terms which keep coming up and never

Re: [ql-users] foo

2005-02-20 Thread Wolfgang Lenerz
On 20 Feb 2005 at 10:50, Dilwyn Jones wrote: I've been reading some documents about internet standards and terms which keep coming up and never being explained are foo and bar They are probably OS related rather than internet protocols as they keep coming up in examples, probaby Unixy

Re: [ql-users] foo

2005-02-20 Thread Norman Dunbar
FUBAR = F*cked Up Beyond All Recognition. FOOBAR is a 'soundalike' used by programmers as an in-joke. Foo() and Bar() are the programmers example functions which seem to have stuck around for a long time now. Cheers, Norman. ___ QL-Users Mailing List

Re: [ql-users] foo

2005-02-20 Thread Dilwyn Jones
] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2005 11:28 AM Subject: Re: [ql-users] foo Just names used in examples, nothing else. You could take a look here: http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc3092.html Kjartan On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 10:50:36 -, Dilwyn Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been reading