This "Fu" you refer to is actually different than "Fu" as in "Kung-Fu". The fu as in kung-fu by itself, means husband. In Ancient Chinese, it also means wise person, such as confucius(Kong Fu Zi).
On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 9:06 AM, David Chelimsky <dchelim...@gmail.com>wrote: > On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 8:49 AM, James Byrne <li...@ruby-forum.com> wrote: > > Pardon my ignorance, but exactly what does _fu mean WRT Ruby plugins, > > gems and such? > > > > I have run across this suffix a number of times in Ruby and Rails, > > always in connection with some add-on or extension. In the original > > context that I encountered '_fu' I inferred that it probably stood for > > file upload. However, its widespread use in other contexts evidently > > disproves this interpretation. So, does it have a meaning? Does it > > derive from the foo in foobar? Does it stand for functional update? Or, > > is it an obscure cultural reference to Ruby's Japanese origins? > > http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200601/25/eng20060125_238295.html > > > -- > > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. > > _______________________________________________ > > rspec-users mailing list > > rspec-users@rubyforge.org > > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users > > > _______________________________________________ > rspec-users mailing list > rspec-users@rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users >
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