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What's the origin of foo and bar? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Using “Foo” and “Bar” in examples
I know AT&T labs used them in their Unix days, but do they have even deeper histories?
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What is the history of the use of “foo” and “bar” in source code examples?
Why do many code examples, especially tutorials, use the names "Foo" and "Bar" so often? It is almost a standard.
For example:
void foo(char* bar) {
printf("%s", bar);
}
