Date: Mon, 08 Mar 2004 15:42:35 -0600 From: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz> To: Quintin Riis <webmaster@countrypure.net> Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Stupid questions... Message-ID: <404CE8CB.6020507@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <404CAB6C.2090802@countrypure.net> References: <20040308081710.14145.qmail@web14603.mail.yahoo.com> <404C8787.9000507@daleco.biz> <404CAB6C.2090802@countrypure.net>
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Quintin Riis wrote: > > Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. wrote: > | peter lageotakes wrote: > | > |> http://info.astrian.net/jargon/terms/f/foo.html > |> > |> --- DerAlSem <DerAlSem@inbox.ru> 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; > | } } > | } > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Damn GNU braces.. tell me you don't use those yourself! :P > > Quintin > Heh, I don't even know what language that is ... probably nothing would run that as is. It's probably closest to PHP, which is darn forgiving, right? Lately I've been using whatever layout SciTE forces upon me ;-) Oh, and (all in good fun) ... darn top-posters! Tell me you're not in that habit!!! :p KDK
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