RE: [PHP-WIN] Who is foo & what is bar?

> Whatever happened to good ole' x, y and z??? They're just so Pythagorean... soooo, you know, Bronze Age-ish... --------------------- John Asendorf - jasendorf@lcounty.com Web Applications Developer http://www.lcounty.com - NEW FEATURES ADDED DAILY! Licking County, Ohio, USA 740-349-3631 Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit > -----Original Message----- > From: Woolsey, Fred [mailto:FWoolsey@ltk.com] > Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 7:44 PM > To: matthewclark@Divergent-Systems.com; php-windows@lists.php.net > Subject: RE: [PHP-WIN] Who is foo & what is bar? > > > MC, > > Whatever happened to good ole' x, y and z??? > > Anywho, I am quite certain of the military origin of "FUBAR" > and "SNAFU", but leave it to softwarians to expropriate the > former term, change the spelling to FOOBAR, then divide it > into the now legendary FOO and BAR. Who knows, maybe Grace > Hopper (of USN, FORTRAN, and ENIAC fame) first forked FOOBAR > into FOO | BAR??? > > Cheers, > Fred Woolsey > > -----Original Message----- > From: matthewclark@Divergent-Systems.com > [mailto:matthewclark@Divergent-Systems.com] > Sent: Tue 1/21/2003 7:10 PM > To: Woolsey, Fred > Cc: > Subject: RE: [PHP-WIN] Who is foo & what is bar? > > > > > I think a few of you are slightly off (or perhaps I am > about to be). I > learned a while back that 'foo' and 'bar' are not just terms in > programming, but in general science where variables are > concerned. > > Suppose, for example, you are trying to define this > awesome formula for > perpetual motion, and in your research you have to > explain a function to > your colleagues. In order to keep the level of > confusion low, you would > use the terms 'foo' and 'bar' to illustrate instances, > variables, > etcetera, and your audience would also understand that > you are referring > to such instances in a hypothetical manner, rather than > realistically. > > In other words, if you mention 'foo' and 'bar' in a > conversation, your > listener would assume a hypothetical instance of > whatever you subject > may be. > > Or something to that effect... > > > Matthew Clark > Divergent Systems Incorporated > > -----Original Message----- > From: Woolsey, Fred [mailto:FWoolsey@ltk.com] > Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 5:59 PM > To: php-windows@lists.php.net > Subject: RE: [PHP-WIN] Who is foo & what is bar? > > 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:chris@kranz.com] > Sent: Tue 1/21/2003 8:35 AM > To: php-windows@lists.php.net > Cc: > 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: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, > > > > > > -- > > 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 > > > > > > >