Re: Would anybody tell me what is the meaning of "foo" ?

2001-12-30 Thread Eric S. Harris
Today is your lucky day. Or unlucky day, if you spend even half the time I've squandered this day, reading definitions, anecdotes and commentary in "The Jargon Lexicon". Here's the link. You were warned. -Eric S. http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/jargon/html/entry/foo.html -- E-mail privacy: ht

Subject line suggestion for "newbies"

2001-12-29 Thread Eric S. Harris
To my fellow Perl "newbies": You might want to consider using a more meaningful subject line than something like these, all culled from the last month: o beginner question o Can any one see an error in here I can't? o Hello. How can I fix this line of code? o hello!! please help me!! o Help neede