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From: jnedzel@netcom.com (Gared Nedzel)
Subject: Re: what is foo?
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Date: Sun, 23 Oct 1994 22:46:18 GMT
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In article <38bq05$f3l@newsbf01.news.aol.com> tomchatc@aol.com (TomChatC) writes:
>what the heck is 'foo' means?  how come people choose this as a variable
>name?


Foo is a misspelled portion of an old (WWII) military slang/acronym:

FUBAR (pronounced foobar) which stands for:

 Fouled (or worse) Up Beyond All Recognition


This leads to our two favorite variable names:   foo and bar


