From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 9 13:38:08 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 D7EF316A4CF for ; Tue, 9 Mar 2004 13:38:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from server945.gisol.com (server945.gisol.com [207.44.208.108]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C53C43D1F for ; Tue, 9 Mar 2004 13:38:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from webmaster@countrypure.net) Received: from 64-251-142-132-dialup-mo.fidnet.com ([64.251.142.132] helo=countrypure.net) by server945.gisol.com with asmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1B0ovI-0008BE-2N; Tue, 09 Mar 2004 13:38:00 -0800 Message-ID: <404E3886.4010405@countrypure.net> Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2004 15:35:02 -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> <404CAB6C.2090802@countrypure.net> <404CE8CB.6020507@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <404CE8CB.6020507@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: Tue, 09 Mar 2004 21:38:09 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Yea, I don't like scrolling to read replies. :P Quintin Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. wrote: | Quintin Riis wrote: | |> |> 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; |> | } } |> | } |> |> -----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 | | | -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFATjiGkt6kXuDr+LcRAsBDAJ4jJZKagxQX9PkmsMdfB093/aP41gCfUGWo TBrRu2Hrrl+9IBVr/Kq17ng= =fPAs -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----