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Re: Origin of 'foo', 'bar', et al?by Maclir (Curate) |
| on Jun 18, 2003 at 12:49 UTC ( [id://266804]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
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Generally, when someone is writing a piece of code to demonstrate something, they will choose meaningless variable names, simply because the name is not important, but the logic of the code is.
I believe the origin of the words date back to a World War 2 US army expression "fubar" - f**ed up beyond all recognition - and hence we get two names, "foo" and "bar". Baz just jumped in the jeep and came along for the ride.
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