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SuperKoolKid	foo and bar?	Lead	[-]
Posts: 294 (2008-04-25 18:58:14) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Report Post	How did "foo" and "bar" come to be the psuedo variables/names/ etc for programming, like x is the universal variable in algebra? I've seen these two words in a book that is ~20+ years old, so it must've come from some famous programmer or computer engineer a long time ago. OR is it not exclusive to computer jargon?
AaroneusTheGreat	Foobar	#1	[-]
Posts: 296 (2008-04-25 20:16:47) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Report Post	As far as I know it's in reference to the acronym FUBAR as in F... (Imagination goes here) Up Beyond All Repair.
SuperKoolKid	Re: Foobar	#2	[-]
Posts: 294 (2008-04-29 19:11:20) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Report Post	Ah I thought it would be something a little more creative. Good to know our, my predecesors in programming were just as vulgar as todays .

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