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Re:What is the history of the use of "foo" and "bar" in sour... by hedvig23 on Saturday October 05, 2024 @05:51PM (#41753215)
I would agree with the comment you're responding to, too often in tutorials or especially in off hand comments here, I find their usage to assume some common but unindicated convention or subtext and obscure the concept they're trying to convey.
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Re:What is the history of the use of "foo" and "bar" in sour... by jiggawatts on Saturday October 05, 2024 @06:27PM (#41753379)
They’re the programmer equivalent of ‘x’ and ‘y’ in mathematics — which programmers don’t use as generic variables because they’re used for “math” embedded in code such as coordinates or measurements.
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