top | item 33833691 (no title) mh-cx | 3 years ago Sorry to be nitpicking: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foobar "FoobarNot to be confused with FUBAR or Foobar2000."It's linked from FUBAR but not under "disambiguation" but "See also". discuss order hn newest fknorangesite|3 years ago Well, yeah. But also:> It is possible that foobar is a playful allusion to the World War II-era military slang FUBAR (Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition).https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FoobarWhich is certainly how I've always understood it. wizofaus|3 years ago It seems the "foo" didn't come from that, but once "foo" was in wide adoption, the "bar" likely suggested itself automatically to someone familiar with "fubar".
fknorangesite|3 years ago Well, yeah. But also:> It is possible that foobar is a playful allusion to the World War II-era military slang FUBAR (Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition).https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FoobarWhich is certainly how I've always understood it. wizofaus|3 years ago It seems the "foo" didn't come from that, but once "foo" was in wide adoption, the "bar" likely suggested itself automatically to someone familiar with "fubar".
wizofaus|3 years ago It seems the "foo" didn't come from that, but once "foo" was in wide adoption, the "bar" likely suggested itself automatically to someone familiar with "fubar".
fknorangesite|3 years ago
> It is possible that foobar is a playful allusion to the World War II-era military slang FUBAR (Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foobar
Which is certainly how I've always understood it.
wizofaus|3 years ago