actually, ww2 veterans are thought to have originated it. 'fucked up beyond all
recognition'.
Jos Boumans wrote:
> 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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