Silly word you have to use in a UI
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just as a general programming term, "foobar" which i think probably means something, but also doesn't.
"foobar" is the sanitized version of "FUBAR", which means "Fouled Up Beyond All Repair". Change the first word to get the original meaning.
I believe the R stands for recognition... F'd Up Beyond All Recognition
Live long and prosper
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Gary Wheeler wrote:
What silly words do you folks have to use in your industry?
agnostic - as in, our server app doesn't have apriori knowledge about what gets plugged in into it (as long as its API conforms to a standard) or who communicates with it (as long as are properly oauth'd in).
Cheers, Mike Fidler "I intend to live forever - so far, so good." Steven Wright "I almost had a psychic girlfriend but she left me before we met." Also Steven Wright "I'm addicted to placebos. I could quit, but it wouldn't matter." Steven Wright yet again.
I've had to use atheist API's before - the server wouldn't allow your connection, no matter what you tried.
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I've had to use atheist API's before - the server wouldn't allow your connection, no matter what you tried.
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delete this;Gary Wheeler wrote:
the server wouldn't allow your connection, no matter what you tried.
Hmmm. That waitress in the bar last night was an atheist. I had no idea!
Cheers, Mike Fidler "I intend to live forever - so far, so good." Steven Wright "I almost had a psychic girlfriend but she left me before we met." Also Steven Wright "I'm addicted to placebos. I could quit, but it wouldn't matter." Steven Wright yet again.
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Gary Wheeler wrote:
the server wouldn't allow your connection, no matter what you tried.
Hmmm. That waitress in the bar last night was an atheist. I had no idea!
Cheers, Mike Fidler "I intend to live forever - so far, so good." Steven Wright "I almost had a psychic girlfriend but she left me before we met." Also Steven Wright "I'm addicted to placebos. I could quit, but it wouldn't matter." Steven Wright yet again.
Maybe it was your feet of clay. Next time, wear better shoes :-D .
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just as a general programming term, "foobar" which i think probably means something, but also doesn't.
"foobar" is the sanitized version of "FUBAR", which means "Fouled Up Beyond All Repair". Change the first word to get the original meaning.
I mean yeah, that's what i figured. I grew up in a military family so i know what FUBAR is. What I mean by probably means something but also doesn't, is when K+R was using it, it was just filler text, despite the meaning of FUBAR (I also like SNAFU) Edit: Why the hell did i write Guy Ritchie. I need more coffee
Real programmers use butterflies
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I've had to use atheist API's before - the server wouldn't allow your connection, no matter what you tried.
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FUBAR (disambiguation) - Wikipedia[^] The alternative spelling "foobar" I believe got its start in The C Programming Language by Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie. They used the names
fooandbara lot in their examples.Software Zen:
delete this;No, foo and bar, and blah, zoo, and a bunch of other silly short words come from the Lisp 1.5 Programmer's Manual, copyright 1962. God I'm getting old.
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I mean yeah, that's what i figured. I grew up in a military family so i know what FUBAR is. What I mean by probably means something but also doesn't, is when K+R was using it, it was just filler text, despite the meaning of FUBAR (I also like SNAFU) Edit: Why the hell did i write Guy Ritchie. I need more coffee
Real programmers use butterflies
More coffee …. now that I can agree with :) My comment was not for your posting, it was meant for obermd Guy Ritchie LOL
Live long and prosper
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No, foo and bar, and blah, zoo, and a bunch of other silly short words come from the Lisp 1.5 Programmer's Manual, copyright 1962. God I'm getting old.
So that's where K&R got them.
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No, foo and bar, and blah, zoo, and a bunch of other silly short words come from the Lisp 1.5 Programmer's Manual, copyright 1962. God I'm getting old.
I kind of want to buy it, just for posterity's sake.