From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FROM_WORDY, INVALID_MSGID,LOTS_OF_MONEY autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,fc050a66c3b5d87d X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 1094ba,86e8c626be2471ae X-Google-Attributes: gid1094ba,public From: "Ken Garlington" Subject: Re: F9X twister & ADA (was: n-dim'l vectors) Date: 2000/04/16 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 611834742 References: <8cctts$ujr$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <38EA0440.1ECBC158@ncep.noaa.gov> <38ED4ECA.ADB698C9@sdynamix.com> <38EF6B75.DD12DD25@att.net> <38EFC508.34D2CD9A@acenet.com.au> <38F0D0B0.A5F9425@att.net> <8cqle7$p36$1@nnrp1.deja.com> X-Priority: 3 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 X-Complaints-To: abuse@flash.net X-Trace: news.flash.net 955891625 216.215.65.124 (Sun, 16 Apr 2000 08:27:05 CDT) Organization: FlashNet Communications, http://www.flash.net X-MSMail-Priority: Normal NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2000 08:27:05 CDT Newsgroups: comp.lang.fortran,comp.lang.ada Date: 2000-04-16T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Of course, FUBAR was used during World War II, as anyone who has seen "Saving Private Ryan" can attest. The Jargon File notes that "Fubar" and "Foobar" mean two different things, with both being a variation of "foo". See http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/jargon/html/entry/foo.html "Robert Dewar" wrote in message news:8cqle7$p36$1@nnrp1.deja.com... > In article <38F0D0B0.A5F9425@att.net>, > Dick Hendrickson wrote: > > > I thought Fubar was a C term ;-) > > > No, like bug it is MUCH MUCH older than people think, I know > it was used (usually spelled Foobar) in the Algol-60 world, > anyone know anything definitive on first use here? > > P.S. bug was first used by Edison, the answer to the > million dollar question was an example of the show substituting > urban legend for fact (the moth was indeed found, but did NOT > give rise to the use of the word bug :-) > > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > Before you buy.