Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2001 10:30:21 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: what's foo?
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On Tue, 9 Jan 2001, bedbed wrote:

> I see the phase 'foo' so often in C related topics. What does it mean
> or originate from?

It comes from "fubar", which see.  (That's why you will also see `foo' 
and `bar' mentioned in the same text.)