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From: ulmont@cc.gatech.edu (Richard Campbell)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.x,alt.os.linux,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,gnu.misc.discuss,comp.unix.solaris
Subject: Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list?
Date: 23 May 1997 21:07:09 -0400
Organization: College of Computing, Georgia Tech
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References: <5kd2ng$c8b$1@rzsun02.rrz.uni-hamburg.de> <kigaflngwax.fsf@jagor.srce.hr> <3385BE4C.77ACCBD7@anu.edu.au> <kigraeyqeaz.fsf@jagor.srce.hr>
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In article <kigraeyqeaz.fsf@jagor.srce.hr>,
Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@srce.hr> wrote:
>> Hrvoje Niksic wrote:
>> > Greg Hayes <greg@hayford.demon.co.uk> writes:
>> > > Where does 'foo' come from
>> > File: jargon.info, Node: foo, Next: foobar, Prev: fontology, Up: = F =
>> > :foo: /foo/ 1. /interj./ Term of disgust. 2. Used very
>File: jargon.info, Node: bar, Next: bare metal, Prev: banner, Up: = B =
>:bar: /bar/ /n./ 1. The second {metasyntactic variable},
> after {foo} and before {baz}. "Suppose we have two
> functions: FOO and BAR. FOO calls BAR...." 2. Often
> appended to {foo} to produce {foobar}.
Fucked
Up
Beyond
All
Recognition
=FUBAR ~= foobar.
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