3 ms·
foo, bar, and baz are commonly used placeholders for function and variable names in programming examples.
by pilsetnieks 12y ago
foo, bar, and baz are commonly used placeholders for function and variable names in programming examples.
- kushagra_ 12y agobut foobar or FUBAR abbreviated form of fu*d up beyond all recognition this could be related to hangar one as some one pointed out edit: here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8590018 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8590018
- wuliwong 12y agoAt least according to Wikipedia, this connection of foo bar and FUBAR is plausible but not proven. You forgot the 4th basic one, "qux" btw.
- ninjaplease 12y agoah hell, why not list them all: foo, bar, baz, qux, quux, corge, grault, garply, waldo, fred, plugh, xyzzy, thud