Subj : Re: Why always FOO and BAR
To   : comp.programming
From : Scott Moore
Date : Mon Jul 18 2005 12:47 pm

pegasus wrote:
> Can any body tell me why in any example and ppl always refer foo and
> bar.......
> 

The acronym comes from the WWII FUBAR, which standands for "Fouled Up
Beyond All Recognition", with the "F" usually stated in vulgar terms.
Programmers, for some reason, misspell this as FOOBAR.

Also from WWII is SNAFU, "Situation Normal, All Fouled UP", which
has similar changes for the "F".

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