etymology of "foo"

[Gareth Branwyn]

The article appears to have been co-authored by Eric S. Raymond and its
contents is similar to his FOO entry in the Hacker's Dictionary entry,
so I think it's legit.

emckean at ENTERACT.COM wrote:
>
> Someone sent me this link today. I'm not making any pronouncements on it
> but I thought people here would like to see it. I'm a little worried by
> the date on the document: 1 April 2001 (!).
>
> http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3092.txt?number=3092
>
> Erin McKean
> editor at verbatimmag.com