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New RFC to be released this Sunday
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Date: 
Fri, 30 Mar 2001 19:44:01 GMT
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A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries.


        RFC 3092

        Title:      Etymology of "Foo"
        Author(s):  D. Eastlake 3rd, C. Manros, E. Raymond
        Status:     Informational
        Date:       1 April 2001
        Mailbox:    (deleted to protect the guilty)
        Pages:      14
        Characters: 29235
        Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso:  None

        URL:        ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc3092.txt


Approximately 212 RFCs so far, starting with RFC 269, contain the
terms `foo', `bar', or `foobar' as metasyntactic variables without any
proper explanation or definition.  This document rectifies that
deficiency.

This memo provides information for the Internet community.  It does
not specify an Internet standard of any kind.  Distribution of this
memo is unlimited.

[snip]



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  Re: New RFC to be released this Sunday
 
You can get Country style "FOO" stickers from (URL) got one on my car. KL (...) (24 years ago, 30-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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