Ask HN: Do you swear in your code?

Re:Ask HN: Do you swear in your code? by midnightmonster on Monday June 16, 2008 @12:27PM (#218752)

True story: During a summer internship years ago, I used Foo and Bar as placeholders throughout a web page comp. My boss sat me down for a serious chat about professionalism. Turns out he had never heard of Foo and Bar. Prior to that conversation, I had never heard of FUBAR.

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Re:Ask HN: Do you swear in your code? by ajross on Monday June 16, 2008 @05:22PM (#219133)

Yes, that's the source of the symbols. Some people like them, some think they're unprofessional, yada yada. But I've never once had someone try to interpret "foo" as profanity...

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Re:Ask HN: Do you swear in your code? by tjr on Monday June 16, 2008 @07:37PM (#219232)

Possibly, though it seems somewhat more complex than that.

http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/F/foo.html

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Re:Ask HN: Do you swear in your code? by helveticaman on Monday June 16, 2008 @10:24PM (#219327)

I think that's where FOO and BAR come from.

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