Re: Why?

From: Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2002 23:22:30 +0000
Subject: Re: Why?
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Alberto Wagner wrote:
Why everyone uses $foo or $foobar as examples?
Why not? They are relatively benign words that are simply to type and aren't terribly language centric. $moo and $moocow would work just as well, or $asdf or $qwerty or others. As far as I know, they have no specific connotation, but they've been used as placement holder names since at least the early 80's when I started programming. Michael Kimsal http://www.phphelpdesk.com PHP support when you need it 734-480-9961

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