On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 22:49, bob parker wrote: --snip-- > I once wondered why all illustrations of C++ programming showed two classes, > foo and bar. The I discovered that 'fubarred' means 'fsked beyond repair'. > That is sufficient explanation.
Actually, I believe it's meant to be 'fsckd up beyond all recognition' and was originally 'fubar'. Though there has been discussion regarding whether foobar and fubar have any real relation. For a rather complete writeup on the topic, see: http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=foobar and http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=foo -- Alex Malinovich Support Free Software, delete your Windows partition TODAY! Encrypted mail preferred. You can get my public key from any of the pgp.net keyservers. Key ID: A6D24837
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