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echo: aust_c_here
to: Roy McNeill
from: Adam Fitzpatrick
date: 1996-06-19 03:53:36
subject: foo

Quoting Roy McNeill to all:



RM>I've often wondered why foo() (the fraternal twin of bar()) is

RM>spelled "foo". If it was to respect its ancestor properly,

RM>shouldn't it be spelled "fu"?



What is the origin of foobar anyway?



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