Subj : Re: Why always FOO and BAR
To   : comp.programming
From : Richard Heathfield
Date : Tue Jul 19 2005 07:09 am

Duane Bozarth wrote:

> Scott Moore wrote:
>> 
> ...
>> 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--

You only say that because you read more unedited stuff written by 
programmers than by other people.

Most people, as a class, are in fact the worst spellers of standard English 
there are.

> I've always thought that
> somewhat incongruous as precision in code is mandatory.

This ought to be true but, alas, isn't.


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