A related term of pretty much the same parentage is SNAFU

Situation Normal All Fouled Up

I am pretty sure both terms originated during WWII.

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From: Matt C. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2001 7:22 PM
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Subject: Re: Would anybody tell me what is the meaning of "foo" ?


Here's my understanding, pretty sure I am very close, if not correct.

Foo and Bar are parts of a miliary acronym (or at least that is my
understanding of its origin), FooBar. Sometimes called FuBar. They stand
for:

1) Fouled up beyond all recognition (family version) - or - 
2) F*** up beyond all recognition 

So it's a cute term to play around with as a neophyte, as your code will
sometimes be foobar.

Matt

--- Connie Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thank you Eric and Peter..... but.. I still don't understand...... 
> What is the meaning of foo in perl programming ? I see quite a lot of 
> sample codes use foo..... besides, and what is bar ? Is that a certain

> type of variable ?? just like a number or something like escape char 
> ?? Please tell me more......
> 
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