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The meaning of foo?

by jotti (Scribe)
on May 20, 2002 at 07:30 UTC ( [id://167781]=perlquestion: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??

jotti has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Can someone explain to me the the innermost meaning of the variable name foo? Where does it come from? What does it stand for?

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Re: The meaning of foo?
by Beatnik (Parson) on May 20, 2002 at 07:50 UTC
    There's always RFC 3092.

    Greetz
    Beatnik
    ... Quidquid perl dictum sit, altum viditur.
      Definition 3 in RFC 3092 is the one I've always heard. I was always amused in school reading foo and bar for variable names in the computer textbooks. ;-)

      Some people fall from grace. I prefer a running start...

Re: The meaning of foo?
by Biker (Priest) on May 20, 2002 at 07:42 UTC

    Read this. ;-)


    Everything went worng, just as foreseen.

Re: The meaning of foo?
by talexb (Chancellor) on May 20, 2002 at 18:18 UTC
    My pal Bob Gike always said the meaning of foo was For Once Only, implying that it was a temporary file or variable. For example, finding a foo.tmp file in your directory with a time/date stamp more than a few days old likely meant you could delete it immediately.

    --t. alex

    "Nyahhh (munch, munch) What's up, Doc?" --Bugs Bunny

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