Foobar?

Re: Foobar?

Nick wrote:[color=blue]
> what do the words 'foo' and 'foobar' mean?
>
>[/color]

foo is short for foobar. also shows up as the front of
a genericfilename standin, such as foo.bar.

foobar is a humorous intentional misspelling of FUBAR

FUBAR is a military acronym for FUCKED UP BEYOND ALL RECOGNITION



- nate

Re: Foobar?

"Nick" <greedyspammers @cox.net> wrote in message news:<Ashpb.134 664$gv5.60493@f ed1read05>...[color=blue]
> what do the words 'foo' and 'foobar' mean?[/color]

You should check out
Etymology of "Foo": http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3092.txt
and


It's actually an amusing read-- foo, foobar, baz, quux, etc are all
just dummy variables you use when descriptive names aren't useful--
like:

// Demonstrate difference between prefix and postfix ++ operator
int foo=0, bar=0;
int quux = foo++ + ++bar;
System.out.prin tln("quux=" + quux);

You shouldn't use foo/bar/quux in production code-- use a descriptive
name.