it comes from the vietnam war iirc (watch full metal jacket if you want some
'insight' ;-)
it is originally 'fubar' or Fucked Up Beyond Any Recognition (pardon the expletives)
so, us perl geeks use 'foo' and 'bar' as standard variable names in examples now...
So much for a short stroll thru history =)
Regards,
Jos Boumans
ber kessels wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Maybe a silly question but where does foo-bar or foobar refer to?
>
> Everyone uses it in perl, but I cannot find the origin of it.
> I am not english (I am Duch), but even my english teacher didn't know it, he had
> even never heard of it.
>
> I am just curious that's all.
>
> Thanx for reading
>
> Ber
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