Subj : Re: Why always FOO and BAR
To   : comp.programming
From : Duane Bozarth
Date : Mon Jul 18 2005 03:02 pm

Scott Moore wrote:
> 
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> Programmers, for some reason, misspell this as FOOBAR.

Of course.  Programmers, as a class, seem to be some of the worst
spellers of standard English there are--I've always thought that
somewhat incongruous as precision in code is mandatory.

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