At 11:28 03-02-00 +0100, you wrote:
> What is the term Foo ??? I see it all over the place, in most examples :
>setFoo() getFoo(), Foo.class , import java.foo.* ?? Is it a generic term
>used in examples like someone would say MyClass or myMethod ? I just
>passing next to a very important concept ?? This might be a stupid
>question, but hey, like you never said anything dumb !! Thanx for
>answering me, not knowing won't make me a worse programmer (?) nor an
>insomniac, but i don't want to die ignoring this! Regards, Arnaud D
OK. Foo is derived from FUBAR, which is the acronym for Fouled Up Beyond
All Reason.
It began to be used, I believe, at MIT in the mid part of the past century,
and became an acronym used for many things.
Remember: Being Young Takes Years of Practice
Peace
Marty Halvorson
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Administrative Office of the Courts
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