Other than sounding vaguely offensive, _fu (as a suffix) means nothing to me. Could someone clue me in? ///ark --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Kung fu, Shaq fu, wiki fu, code fu... It''s a "back formation" in fancy pants linguistic terms: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back-formation --Jeremy On Jan 17, 2008 12:22 PM, Mark Wilden <mark-OCn100epQuBBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org> wrote:> > Other than sounding vaguely offensive, _fu (as a suffix) means nothing > to me. Could someone clue me in? > > ///ark > > >-- http://www.jeremymcanally.com/ My books: Ruby in Practice http://www.manning.com/mcanally/ My free Ruby e-book http://www.humblelittlerubybook.com/ My blogs: http://www.mrneighborly.com/ http://www.rubyinpractice.com/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
On Jan 17, 2008 9:27 AM, Jeremy McAnally <jeremymcanally-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:> > Kung fu, Shaq fu, wiki fu, code fu...a construction popularized Way Back When -- that''s before "Back In The Day", for the youngsters on the list :-) -- by Joe Bob Briggs, "drive-in movie critic extraordinaire", in his B-movie reviews -- see examples at <http://www.joebobbriggs.com/> Classic. -- Hassan Schroeder ------------------------ hassan.schroeder-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Thanks, guys - I would never have figured that out. And how would someone? "The meaning of _fu in Rails code" isn''t something you can easily google. ///ark --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
I guess other things in Rails, such as "acts_as_taggable_on_steroids" are a bit ambiguous also. What does the "on_steroids" mean to somebody who''s reading it for the first time? Rails is designed to be human readable, but the names the humans give to some of their classes/methods/plugins/applications are not human-readable and do not explain themselves in a name, for example, http://beanstalkapp.com/. But we have to give "imaginative" names to things because all the proper names are taken by those bastards The Domain Campers. On Jan 18, 2008 4:38 AM, Mark Wilden <mark-OCn100epQuBBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org> wrote:> > Thanks, guys - I would never have figured that out. And how would > someone? "The meaning of _fu in Rails code" isn''t something you can > easily google. > > ///ark > > >-- Ryan Bigg http://www.frozenplague.net Feel free to add me to MSN and/or GTalk as this email. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---