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I’ve always wondered if “foo” and “bar” was specific to a certain (now older) generation of programmers and would eventually fade into obscurity. Or has that bi
by Chirael 6y ago
I’ve always wondered if “foo” and “bar” was specific to a certain (now older) generation of programmers and would eventually fade into obscurity. Or has that bit of programmer culture been passed on to newer generations too?
- datameta 6y agoAfaik 'foo' and 'bar' still tend to be a commonly used example variable/function/data structure name by older practitioners of C and C++ in academia so I do wonder if it will pass on...