Foo, the sacred syllable! <g>
See
http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/jargon/jargon.html#foo for an in-depth discussion. It was actually prior to the war as suggested. Came a from a comic book in the 30's.
>Hello,
>
>I am not a native english speaker, and I saw several times, that the usual name for an object in examples is FOO. Does it have any meaning? Is it a short version something?
>
>Thanx in andvance.
>
>bb
Roi
'MCP' Visual FoxPro
In Rome, there was a poem.
About a dog, who found two bone.
He lick the one, he lick the other.
He went pyscho, he drop dead!
