From:	Erik Max Francis <max AT alcyone DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: what's "foo"?
Date:	Mon, 10 Nov 1997 21:14:34 -0800
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rellwood wrote:

> "foo" is shorthand for "fubar" which stands for "Fucked Up Beyond All
> Recognition"  The term came into use durring the late 70's among
> computer
> programmers using difficult and unweildy computer languages.

I believe the word _fubar_ originated in the military, not in computer
science.

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