[thelist] Re: foo and message etiquette

Martin martinmc116 at austin.rr.com
Wed Mar 19 14:29:58 CST 2003


Thanks for the positive mediation.
I guess this is one way to get to know everyone.
Again, everyone, thanks for all the info to help get me up to speed.  I
guess some of the skinsuit shortcoming seeped into cyberspace, apologies.
Martin
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kelly Hallman" <khallman at wrack.org>
To: <thelist at lists.css-discuss.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 7:52 AM
Subject: [thelist] Re: foo and message etiquette


> On Wed, 19 Mar 2003, Joshua Olson wrote:
> > > we are sensitive today aren't we? "foo" is a generally accepted name
> > > for a variable in dummy code (not as in "you are a dummy", dummy as in
> > > "here is some code to help you out") check out this definition:
> > > http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,,sid9_gci212139,00.html
> >
> > How odd.  I always figured "foo" and "bar" were derivations of the
> > militariesque acronym "FUBAR" which stands for "F'd Up Beyond All
> > Recognition" I guess I learn something new every day.
>
> Well, I think you are both right.  The article didn't really address what
> the origin of foo and bar are, and I have also always thought FUBAR.
>
> Some of the others listed in that article are much cooler than foo and bar
> and though I'm not much of a foo and bar kind of guy, I may start using
> some of the others listed there when writing example code.
>
> I think dummy code was a bad phrasing too (especially with the implication
> of foo == fool:) how about "illustrative code"
>
> Also, I often don't add a salutation such as HTH, etc at the end of a
> message, figuring it is implicated by my response.  I realize that this
> has the possible side-effect of coming off a bit aloof, but that is a
> calculated risk.  It's all in how you (choose to) read things!
>
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