Re: $foo $bar is BAD

From: John R Pierce <pierce(at)hogranch(dot)com>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: $foo $bar is BAD
Date: 2016-04-15 23:39:31
Message-ID: 57117BB3.9090902@hogranch.com
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On 4/15/2016 4:35 PM, Melvin Davidson wrote:
> *Anyone that has done time in the military, and other goverment
> agencies, has been introduced to the term fubar, which stands for
> "fouled up beyond all repair". Although fouled was replaced by another
> similar word where the 2nd, 3rd and 4th letters were substituted with
> other letters that gave more significance to it. Over time, fu was
> somehow misheard as foo, and coders commonly started using it in
> examples. Not Cool!*

omg, grow up.

--
john r pierce, recycling bits in santa cruz

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