Subject: RE: [xsl] FOO vs FO From: "Robert Koberg" <rob@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2001 16:05:46 -0700 |
fo = formatting objects fop = focused on presentation, a dandy boy flop = what usually happens scroo foo :-' > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of DuCharme, Bob > (LNG) > Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 2:48 PM > To: 'xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx' > Subject: RE: [xsl] FOO vs FO > > > >See ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc3092.txt > > Someone had some time on their hands! > > Just last weekend, in a bookstore, I was looking through Microsoft's > documentation style guide, and noticed the explicit prohibition of the use > of "foobar" or its components as being too slangy. > > I did pick up a "FOO" bumper sticker (modeled after the 2- and > 3-letter oval > stickers so popular in the States, e.g. "VT," "MV," "OBX," etc.) at Linux > World. It's still the only bumper sticker on our car. > > I thought that "FOO" vs. "FO" was an interesting question. I'm surprised > more people don't ask why "xsl" is the most common namespace > prefix used in > XSLT, but not XSL, for which "fo" is. > > Bob DuCharme www.snee.com/bob <bob@ > snee.com> see http://www.snee.com/bob/xsltquickly for > info on new book "XSLT Quickly" from Manning Publications. > > XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list > XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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