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From: jkmedcal@uokmax.UUCP (Jeff K Medcalf)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Meaning of foo and bar
Message-ID: <3345@uokmax.UUCP>
Date: 16 Jun 89 19:18:19 GMT
Reply-To: jkmedcal@uokmax.UUCP (Jeff K Medcalf)
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Please mail me the meaning of foo and bar.  They seem to be always used for
throw away files.  What is the historical significance, if any, of such terms?


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