!?!? FOO???

[Kevin D. Quitt]

In article <hart.647056068 at blackjack> hart at blackjack.dt.navy.mil (Michael Hart) writes:
>In <13530001 at hp-and.HP.COM> panek at hp-and.HP.COM (Jon Panek) writes:
>
>
>>	F003		Divide by zero
>>	F001		Printer not ready
>
>>and the like.  When the machine ran into one of these, it would load the
>>This explanation would go a long ways to explaining why "FOO" has
>>appeared in the hacker community, as well as some support for its
>>age.
>
>>Any agreement on this?
>
>I would have to agree with the military origin; especially as 
>FOO is usually seen in close proximity to it's brother variable,
>BAR. 
>

    I dunnow.  It seems to me that given the FOO name for the errors,
the BAR part would come right along (from the military).  It makes a lot
more sense than converting FU to FOO. 

    If someone can confirm the F00x errors, then I'd call it the
definitive answer to FOO's origin. 

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