I'm pretty certain it is one of those brilliant, sarcastic military acronymns like
SNAFU (situation normal, all f@#$%d up), as alluded to by Mikey- however, I believe
the correct meaning is f@#$%d up beyond all repair. Witness the following
hypothetical exchanges:
"So soldier, what's the sitrep?"
"SNAFU, sir..."
and
"How bad is it, soldier?"
"Well sir, I'm afraid it's FUBAR..."
Phonetically, FUBAR was simplified to FOOBAR, which allowed it to be parsed into FOO
and BAR by standard software :-{)>
Cheers,
Fred Woolsey
-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Kranz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tue 1/21/2003 8:35 AM
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Subject: RE: [PHP-WIN] Who is foo & what is bar?
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];
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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
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> 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,
>
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