Re: What is "foo"?

And don't forget "goo". "foo" and "goo" go together:-) -Stathis. Soeren Staun-Pedersen wrote: > > > Probably some of you are laughing while reading this :) But I have seen the > > word "foo" used so many time (in programming) from different resources for > > different reasons. Has it any meaning? (e.g. in PHP) > > It's just one of those words which stuck around. People like Leslie > Lamport (LaTeX) and other computer scientists have kept it alive for at > least a century now. > > Most people believe it originates from "foobar" or "fubar" which is > actually an acronym for "Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition". :-) > > Regards, > > Soeren Staun-Pedersen - staun@netwarriors.org > ------ > "The internet is full, beat it" > - Me. > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net