it's my understanding that it's originally a services term, probably air force
bascule On Wednesday 26 Feb 2003 4:15 am, Warren Post wrote: > El lun, 24-02-2003 a las 04:59, Josenildo Marques escribi�: > > And why is it used so much in examples ? > > The story as I've heard it is this: Long ago, coders began to use the > acronym "fubar" (F*cked Up Beyond All Recognition), which later evolved > into the more phonetic "foobar" used today. Being a popular term, both > "foobar" and its shortened form "foo" have since become common > placeholder terms in examples, to keep examples clearer and less obtuse. > > Thus if you were to ask me, say, "How can I read a man page?", I might > reply "To read man page 'foo', enter 'man foo' at the console." It's > clearer, if less precise, than replying "man [options] [section] > [title]". -- "...[Arthur] leapt to his feet like an author hearing the phone ring..." -- Who says that the character of Arthur isn't autobiographical?
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