From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 8 09:25:18 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5552F16A4CE for ; Mon, 8 Mar 2004 09:25:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from server945.gisol.com (server945.gisol.com [207.44.208.108]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED12943D2F for ; Mon, 8 Mar 2004 09:25:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from webmaster@countrypure.net) Received: from 64-251-142-153-dialup-mo.fidnet.com ([64.251.142.153] helo=countrypure.net) by server945.gisol.com with asmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1B0OUx-0007q5-LK; Mon, 08 Mar 2004 09:25:11 -0800 Message-ID: <404CAB6C.2090802@countrypure.net> Date: Mon, 08 Mar 2004 11:20:44 -0600 From: Quintin Riis User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031013 Thunderbird/0.3 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." References: <20040308081710.14145.qmail@web14603.mail.yahoo.com> <404C8787.9000507@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <404C8787.9000507@daleco.biz> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.81.2.0 X-Enigmail-Supports: pgp-inline, pgp-mime Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - server945.gisol.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [0 0] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - countrypure.net cc: DerAlSem cc: peter lageotakes cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Stupid questions... X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 08 Mar 2004 17:25:18 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Damn GNU braces.. tell me you don't use those yourself! :P Quintin Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. wrote: | peter lageotakes wrote: | |> http://info.astrian.net/jargon/terms/f/foo.html |> |> --- DerAlSem wrote: |> |> |>> Hello freebsd-newbies, |>> |>> Who or what is foo bar? |>> |>> Does any one can tell me? I see this everywhere |>> and everyday in man |>> and other docs... |>> |>> -- |>> Best regards, |>> DerAlSem mailto:DerAlSem@inbox.ru |>> | | | Hmm, shouldn't the definitive reference be: | | http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/F/foo.html | | And really, you should read the entry on | "metasyntactic variables" for a fuller understanding.... | | http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/M/metasyntactic-variable.html | | Kevin Kinsey | DaleCo, S.P. | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | Foo on your metasyntax!! | | if ($foo==$bar) { | for ($baz=0; $baz<$qux; $baz++) { | | $quux=$baz; | if ($garply['quux']==$waldo) { | | echo $thud; | } } | } | _______________________________________________ | freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org mailing list | http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-newbies | To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-newbies-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" | | | -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFATKtskt6kXuDr+LcRAtEHAJ4vW3D7ZF8FdSnXhitNNd/hd8/6JwCgpsQ3 OEcGBYBgR9ecSWklg9ACA1I= =zNzP -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----