Re: [LI] My first question

["Binand Raj S." <binand@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

ARUN RAGHAVAN forced the electrons to say:
> 	What th !@#$%^&* are 'foo' and 'bar' !

>From the hackers' dictionary:

:foo: /foo/  1. /interj./ Term of disgust.  2. Used very
   generally as a sample name for absolutely anything, esp. programs
   and files (esp. scratch files).  3. First on the standard list of
   {metasyntactic variable}s used in syntax examples.  See also
   {bar}, {baz}, {qux}, {quux}, {corge}, {grault},
   {garply}, {waldo}, {fred}, {plugh}, {xyzzy},
   {thud}.

:bar: /bar/ /n./  1. The second {metasyntactic variable},
   after {foo} and before {baz}.  "Suppose we have two
   functions: FOO and BAR.  FOO calls BAR...." 2. Often
   appended to {foo} to produce {foobar}.

For etymological details, refer to the Hackers' Dictionary - available at
http://www.ccil.org/jargon

Binand

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#include <stdio.h>                                   | Binand Raj S.
char *p = "#include <stdio.h>%cchar *p = %c%s%c;     | This is a self-
int main(){printf(p,10,34,p,34,10);return 0;}%c";    | printing program.
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