Subj : Re: Why always FOO and BAR
To   : comp.programming
From : CBFalconer
Date : Mon Jul 18 2005 10:21 pm

Scott Moore wrote:
> 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".

Let us not forget the contribution from the "Foo Fighters" comic
strip of the '30s.  Nor the useful further identifiers derivable
from "Fee Fie Foe Fum".

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