Hehe!!! It's one of those classic terms that spans across many languages and dates back quite a long time. Whenever I pickup a programming book, somewhere in there, you'll find the infamous foo and bar...
chris kranz fatcuban.com -----Original Message----- From: Mikey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 1:32 PM To: Uttam; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [PHP-WIN] Who is foo & what is bar? Just my opinion, but I think it comes from the acronym FUBAR - f@cked up beyond all recognition... Mikey > -----Original Message----- > From: Uttam [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 21 January 2003 13:29 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [PHP-WIN] Who is foo & what is bar? > > > In many code examples in PHP documention (& others also), I have seen > authors referring to variables 'foo' & 'bar', but I have yet not > discovered > the origin of these names. I am sure there must be dozens of others who > have the curiosity to find how the use of these names started. > > Can anyone quench the curiosities please? > > regards, > > > -- > PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
