RE: [PHP-WIN] Who is foo & what is bar?
| From: | Chris Kranz | Date: | Tue, 21 Jan 2003 13:35:03 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP-WIN] Who is foo & what is bar? | ||
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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:mikey@splatted.net]
Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 1:32 PM
To: Uttam; php-windows-digest-help@lists.php.net;
php-windows@lists.php.net
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:uttam@lml.co.in]
> Sent: 21 January 2003 13:29
> To: php-windows-digest-help@lists.php.net; php-windows@lists.php.net
> 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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