Date:	Tue, 9 Jan 2001 13:47:49 +0200 (IST)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To:	JB <jamesb AT northnet DOT com DOT au>
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Subject:	Re: what's foo?
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On Tue, 9 Jan 2001, JB wrote:

> That's interesting. I was always under the impression it meant "whatever" as
> in needing a unique type of name just for the sake of demonstrating
> something

That is true.  But your question was about the _origin_ of `foo', or so I 
thought.

> What is fubar anyway?

See http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/jargon/html/index.html

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