What is the history of the use of "foo" and "bar" in source code examples?
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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);
}
For example:
void foo(char* bar) {
printf("%s", bar);
}
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