foo: n.
- interj. Term of disgust.
- [very common] Used very generally as a sample name for absolutely anything, esp. programs and files (esp. scratch files).
- First on the standard list of metasyntactic variables used in syntax examples. See also bar, baz, qux, quux, garply, waldo, fred, plugh, xyzzy, thud.
gnostic: adj.
- From Ancient Greek γνώσις (gnósis, “knowledge”)
Seeking knowledge of foo -- what is foo?
Anything, but not everything since life is short. For me, so far foo means:
- Family
- Writing code
- Pets
- Music
- Blogging
Writing code
In 2008 I submitted a Ruby solution to the 11th ICFP Programming Contest. The code made it as far as the second round. Along the way I also installed a Trac instance as a Wiki, issue tracker, and source browser.
I enjoy writing in a variety of languages. Most of these are categorized as code on my blog.