What's with "foo" and "bar" [closed]

Posted by Matt S. on Stack Overflow See other posts from Stack Overflow or by Matt S.
Published on 2010-03-10T04:21:30Z Indexed on 2010/04/03 5:23 UTC
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I've always wondered, why is there always "foo" and "bar" named as variables in most tutorials I've seen. Where did it come from? Why do we call them "foo" and "bar" why not something else?

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