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Turns out “foo/bar/baz” has lore. I assumed it was just tribal placeholder magic. Now I’m wondering what other dev fossils we still carry around - IDDQD (Doom g
by fholec 8mo ago
Turns out “foo/bar/baz” has lore. I assumed it was just tribal placeholder magic.
Now I’m wondering what other dev fossils we still carry around - IDDQD (Doom god-mode) is a personal favorite. What’s yours?
- kunley 8mo agoExcuse me, fossils?
- samplatt 8mo agoIt's only offensive if you're being carried around.
- maxbond 8mo agoI think they're referring to the artifacts (like foo) rather than people.
- kunley 8mo agoYes and still don't comprehend why to call certain things fossils if they are still used by virtually everybody
- maxbond 8mo agoPetroleum is used by everyone right? And it's a literal fossil. I wouldn't call it a fossil because all terminology has lore, but the idea as I understand it is that it's an artifact that outlived the context it was originally relevant in.
- kunley 8mo agoI think foo never outlived what it was from the beginning - a way to harmlessly goof around while describing complex systems & patterns. So, really dunno why the commenter above wanted to atribute all the fooness to something "ancient". PS. Unsure why to mix petroleum into this discussion..
- maxbond 8mo agoNot the usage, the context.
- samplatt 8mo agoIn case anyone else has ever wondered: IDDQD stands for Id Delta Quit Delta, a fraternity created by DOOM programmer Dave Taylor who released that if you drop out or quit a course you get a statistically-better final grade than you would by failing the course. Of course, you still end up not achieving a degree, hence when used in-game it shows "Degreelessness Mode" activated.