On Aug 24, 2006, at 12:46 PM, b. water wrote:
without wanting to sound irreverent, i wonder whether someone could
tell me the meaning or full expression of the abbreviation 'foo' so
often used to illustrate Stata advice/help. i have always wanted to
know this but now, my curiosity got the better of me. i simply have
to ask.
Google is your friend (tm):
<http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/F/foo.html>
<http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=foo>
apologies if it has nothing to do with either statistics or Stata.
It doesn't. ;)
-- Mike
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