For all those who had not yet heard, FUBAR is an acronym (from WWII?) for
Fowled (or four-letter anglo-saxon word for the sex act) Up Beyond All
Recognition. There is talk of incorporating foo() and bar() into the next
ANSII C standard.

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> From: SF Talk[SMTP:sftalk_at_forth.com]
> Reply To: SF Talk
> Sent: Friday, February 18, 2000 1:44 PM
> To: SF Talk
> Subject: RE: Executable's Icon and FOO BAR
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> Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 14:00:42 -0700
> From: "Glenn Dixon" <DIXONG_at_iomega.com>
> Subject: RE: Executable's Icon and FOO BAR
>
> >>what's BAR.ICO?
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>
> A funny (true) experience I had when I learned C programming:
>
> For three months I tried to find the C keywords FOO and BAR in all the C
> references I could find . . . they had to be keywords because they were
> used in every dang C tutorial I had (three of them). Not just once, but
> in most examples.
>
> I finally figured it out, more or less, but still didn't know what the
> words meant or why they were used. Very confusing. Another programmer
> finally set me straight.
>
> --From a FOOBAR programmer who hates examples that contain those words--
>
> Glenn Dixon
>

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Received on Fri Feb 18 2000 - 13:54:39 PST