neatlink
jane asks, “why foo and bar?” hmm, good question. i don’t know, i’ll look it up. and we discover: Metasyntactic variable (god i love wikipedia)
jane asks, “why foo and bar?” hmm, good question. i don’t know, i’ll look it up. and we discover: Metasyntactic variable (god i love wikipedia)
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robin
FUBAR = Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition (?)
An old army term? Marines? Some armed forces….
justin
ha, yes, that too, except in this case she was asking why people use “foo” and “bar” as variables in computer programming examples.
robin
Ah, I see.