Although people commonly use $foo $bar in examples, it is actually a misuse of a VERY rude acronym.
Anyone that has done time in the military, and other goverment agencies, has been introduced to the term fubar, which stands for "fouled up beyond all repair". Although fouled was replaced by another similar word where the 2nd, 3rd and 4th letters were substituted with other letters that gave more significance to it. Over time, fu was somehow misheard as foo, and coders commonly started using it in examples. Not Cool!
The next time you need to make an example, please try being a little more original (or meaningful) with your variable names.Anyone that has done time in the military, and other goverment agencies, has been introduced to the term fubar, which stands for "fouled up beyond all repair". Although fouled was replaced by another similar word where the 2nd, 3rd and 4th letters were substituted with other letters that gave more significance to it. Over time, fu was somehow misheard as foo, and coders commonly started using it in examples. Not Cool!
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Melvin Davidson
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