Subj : Re: Why always FOO and BAR
To   : comp.programming
From : Stephen J Rush
Date : Sun Jul 24 2005 04:22 am

On Mon, 18 Jul 2005 11:47:28 -0700, 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.

I've always preferred the alternate expansion, "... Beyond All
Redemption."  It has a nice biblical ring.

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