RE: Foo (Bar)---I now see the light! (Or that which is made lig ht of)

Have a look at the Jargon File (google for an updated version). A foobar-specific link is http://www.catb.org/%7Eesr/jargon/html/F/foobar.html Adrian Ichim > -Original Message- > From: jason corbett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 8:14 PM > To: perl beg

Re: Foo (Bar)---I now see the light! (Or that which is made light of)

On Wed, 8 Sep 2004, Jose Alves de Castro wrote: From dictionary.com : Another common metasyntactic variable; see foo. Hackers do *not* generally use this to mean FUBAR in either the slang or jargon sense. According to a german correspondent, the term was coined during WW2 by allied troops who coul

Re: Foo (Bar)---I now see the light! (Or that which is made light of)

From dictionary.com : Another common metasyntactic variable; see foo. Hackers do *not* generally use this to mean FUBAR in either the slang or jargon sense. According to a german correspondent, the term was coined during WW2 by allied troops who could not pronounce the german word "furchtbar" (

Re: Foo (Bar)

> "Wiggins" == Wiggins d Anconia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Wiggins> Not just Perl programmers: Wiggins> http://jargon.watson-net.com/jargon.asp?w=metasyntactic%20variable Wiggins> http://jargon.watson-net.com/jargon.asp?w=foo It's because of the overuse of Foo and Bar that I chose Fred and

RE: Foo (Bar)

> -Original Message- > From: M Senthil Kumar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 9:53 AM > To: jason corbett > Cc: perl beginners > Subject: Re: Foo (Bar) > > > > Hi, > > On Wed, 8 Sep 2004, jason corbett wrote: > &

RE: Foo (Bar)

Bob Showalter wrote: > http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/M/metasyntactic-variable.html Oops, sorry. Didn't realize someone already posted that link. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Foo (Bar)

On Wed, 8 Sep 2004, Wiggins d Anconia wrote: On Wed, 8 Sep 2004, jason corbett wrote: Just as algebra problems often use "x" and "n" for arbitrary variables, many Perl programmers use "foo" and "bar" for arbitrary variables. Not just Perl programmers: http://jargon.watson-net.com/jargon.asp?w=meta

RE: Foo (Bar)

jason corbett wrote: > As a newbie, I have seen the statement "foo (bar)" mentioned in books > and and even on this site. I haven't yet seen what this actually mean > as I can assume that its just for examples. If I am wrong please > explain in detail what this is about. http://www.catb.org/~es

Re: Foo (Bar)

Hi, On Wed, 8 Sep 2004, jason corbett wrote: > As a newbie, I have seen the statement "foo (bar)" mentioned in books > and and even on this site. I haven't yet seen what this actually mean as > I can assume that its justfor examples. If I am wrong please explain in > detail what this is about. I

Re: Foo (Bar)

> On Wed, 8 Sep 2004, jason corbett wrote: > > > As a newbie, I have seen the statement "foo(bar)" mentioned in books > > and and even on this site. I haven't yet seen what this actually mean > > as I can assume that its just for examples. If I am wrong please > > explain in detail what this is

Re: Foo (Bar)

in short , foo bar baz etc. just mean 'something', 'another something' whatever is discussing about.for more, check results in google.com for 'metasyntactic variables' HTH - Original Message - From: "jason corbett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "perl beginners" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent

RE: Foo (Bar)

Jason: Foo & bar (or just foobar) are terms of varied origins simply meant to express 'this thing' as in 'in function foo what will the output be given argument bar'. (Compare also to: x (y)) There are many explanations for the origin of the term, and most are captured at one of the two following

Re: Foo (Bar)

On Wed, 8 Sep 2004, jason corbett wrote: As a newbie, I have seen the statement "foo(bar)" mentioned in books and and even on this site. I haven't yet seen what this actually mean as I can assume that its just for examples. If I am wrong please explain in detail what this is about. Is your quest

Re: $foo

From: Susan Aurand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I am learning Perl, so this may seem a dumb question to the advance > Perl Programmers. What exact purpose does $foo do? Example $foo=$_. > What benefit do I get from making the input string $foo? Every place > I look I do not get a clea

RE: $foo

lol. This should help explain. http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,,sid9_gci212139,00.html When you see something like $foo = $_; It means that someone is taking the value of the default variable ($_) and assiging in to another scalar. In this case, $foo, but it could just as easily be

Re: foo bar? -Reply

Actually, the American military acronym 'fubar' goes back at least to World War II. The use of 'foo' and 'bar' as metasyntactic variables probably dates to the the lisp hackers at the MIT AI lab in the 50's or 60's , before unix. Foo and bar function like 'x' or 'n' in the traditional mathe

Re: foo bar?

This is in the jargon file: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/jargon/html/entry/foobar.html Cheers, Kevin On Wed, May 16, 2001 at 09:07:11AM -0400, Brett W. McCoy ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spew-ed forth: > On Wed, 16 May 2001, ber kessels wrote: > > > Maybe a silly question but where does foo-bar or fooba

Re: foo bar?

For more information about words like "foo" and "bar"... you can consult "the Jargon File", found in several spots on the web. Here's one of its locations... http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/jargon/ Stephen Neu Internet Development Characterlink.net (630) 323-9800 ext. 235

Re: foo bar?

: Maybe a silly question but where does foo-bar or foobar refer to? : : Everyone uses it in perl, but I cannot find the origin of it. See the entry in the Hacker Jargon file: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/jargon/html/entry/foo.html -- tdk

Re: foo bar?

On Wed, 16 May 2001, ber kessels wrote: > Maybe a silly question but where does foo-bar or foobar refer to? > > Everyone uses it in perl, but I cannot find the origin of it. > I am not english (I am Duch), but even my english teacher didn't know it, he had > even never heard of it. foo and bar

Re: foo bar?

actually, ww2 veterans are thought to have originated it. 'fucked up beyond all recognition'. Jos Boumans wrote: > it comes from the vietnam war iirc (watch full metal jacket if you want some > 'insight' ;-) > > it is originally 'fubar' or Fucked Up Beyond Any Recognition (pardon the expletives

Re: foo bar?

it comes from the vietnam war iirc (watch full metal jacket if you want some 'insight' ;-) it is originally 'fubar' or Fucked Up Beyond Any Recognition (pardon the expletives) so, us perl geeks use 'foo' and 'bar' as standard variable names in examples now... So much for a short stroll thru his