Re: (OFF) Curiosity & It's Relation To Cats...
Re: (OFF) Curiosity & It's Relation To Cats...
- Subject: Re: (OFF) Curiosity & It's Relation To Cats...
- From: Paul Skinner <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2004 10:01:13 -0400
Read those RFCs! ...
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http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc3092.html>
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RFC 3092 - Etymology of "Foo"
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Abstract
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Approximately 212 RFCs so far, starting with RFC 269, contain the
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terms `foo', `bar', or `foobar' as metasyntactic variables without any
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proper explanation or definition. This document rectifies that
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deficiency.
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When used in connection with `bar' it is generally traced to the WW II
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era Army slang acronym FUBAR (`Fucked Up Beyond All Repair'), later
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modified to foobar. Early versions of the Jargon File [JARGON]
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interpreted this change as a post-war bowdlerization, but it now seems
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more likely that FUBAR was itself a derivative of `foo' perhaps
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influenced by German `furchtbar' (terrible) - `foobar' may actually
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have been the original form.
On Jul 6, 2004, at 2:01 AM, Peter Bunn wrote:
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Where did 'Foo' and 'Bar' come from anyway?
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Just wondering.
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(Perhaps too much rain and too many overcast days here.)
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Hope you all had a good 4th... whatever it might mean to you.
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PB
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