A related term of pretty much the same parentage is SNAFU
Situation Normal All Fouled Up I am pretty sure both terms originated during WWII. -----Original Message----- From: Matt C. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2001 7:22 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Would anybody tell me what is the meaning of "foo" ? Here's my understanding, pretty sure I am very close, if not correct. Foo and Bar are parts of a miliary acronym (or at least that is my understanding of its origin), FooBar. Sometimes called FuBar. They stand for: 1) Fouled up beyond all recognition (family version) - or - 2) F*** up beyond all recognition So it's a cute term to play around with as a neophyte, as your code will sometimes be foobar. Matt --- Connie Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thank you Eric and Peter..... but.. I still don't understand...... > What is the meaning of foo in perl programming ? I see quite a lot of > sample codes use foo..... besides, and what is bar ? Is that a certain > type of variable ?? just like a number or something like escape char > ?? Please tell me more...... > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send your FREE holiday greetings online! http://greetings.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
