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The dictionary.com entry for foo points towards hacker usage of foo
originating at MIT.
Of course someone might have posted this already - I missed the start of
this thread.
<quote>
An old-time member reports that in the 1959 "Dictionary of the
TMRC Language", compiled at TMRC there was an entry that
went something like this:
FOO: The first syllable of the sacred chant phrase "FOO MANE
PADME HUM." Our first obligation is to keep the foo counters
turning.
For more about the legendary foo counters, see TMRC. Almost
the entire staff of what became the MIT AI LAB was
involved with TMRC, and probably picked the word up there.
</quote>
The TMRC being the Tech Model Railroad Club - for those that don't know
about it and it's links to hackerdom, you should read Stephen levy's book,
"Hackers".
Russell.
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