Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list?

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From: Thomas Mueller
Date: Thu, 22 May 1997 00:00

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Greg Hayes wrote:
> 
> Where does 'foo' come from
> --
> Greg Hayes

The Jargon file (http://www.ccil.org/jargon/) has a long description of
the term 'foo', check it out:

   ....
   The etymology of hackish `foo' is obscure. When used in connection
   with `bar' it is generally traced to the WWII-era Army slang acronym
FUBAR
   (`F****d Up Beyond All Repair'), later bowdlerized to foobar. (See
also FUBAR.)

-- 
Thomas Mueller

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From: Thomas Mueller <tm@systrix.de>
Subject: Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list?
Date: 1997/05/22
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