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Qux /kwuhks/ The Fourth Of The Standard Metasyntactic Variable
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qux /kwuhks/
The fourth of the standard metasyntactic variable, after baz
foo, bar, baz, quux
quux, and many versions (especially older
versions) of the standard series just run foo, bar,
baz, quux, ....
Related:
qux: /kwuhks/ The fourth of the standard {metasyntactic variable}, after {baz} and before the quu(u.
..)x series. See {foo}, {bar}, {baz}, {quux}. This appears to be a recent mutation from {quux}, and many versions (especially older versions) of the standard series just run {foo}, {bar}, {baz}, {quux}, ....
metasyntactic variable n. A name used in examples and understood to stand for whatever thing is under discussion, or any random member of a class of things under discussion.
The word foo is the canonical example. To avoid confusion, hackers never (well, hardly ever) use `foo' or other words like it as permanent names for anything....
((lambda (foo) (bar foo)) (baz))
fum: [XEROX PARC] n. At PARC, often the third of the standard {metasyntactic variable}s (after {foo} and {bar}).
Competes with {baz}, which is more common outside PARC. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
fum n. [XEROX PARC] At PARC, often the third of the standard metasyntactic variables (after foo and bar).
Competes with baz, which is more common outside PARC....
bar: /bar/ n. 1. The second {metasyntactic variable}, after {foo} and before {baz}.
Suppose we have two functions: FOO and BAR. FOO calls BAR....
baz: /baz/ n. 1. The third {metasyntactic variable} "Suppose we have three functio
FOO, BAR, and BAZ. FOO calls BAR, which calls BAZ....
oto: /toh-toh'/ n. Reportedy the default scratch file name among French-speaking programmers --- in other words, a francophone {foo}.
It is reported that the phonetic mutations "titi", "tata", and "tutu" canonically follow `toto', analogously to {bar}, {baz} and {quux} in English....
baz /baz/ n. 1. [common] The third metasyntactic variable "Suppose we have three functio
F FOO calls BAR, which calls BAZ...." (See also fum) 2....