Just curious... why are 'foo', 'bar', and 'quux' used in example Perl code all the time?

Happy Coding,

--Drew
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Paul Wilson.
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That's a good question. I know that in World War II Fubar (F**ked Up Beyond All Repair) was popular slang word...it later became foobar. Also, ever here of foo fighers(not the band)...that is another word for ufo's. I guess foo and bar are really just a catch all word that can mean anything.

Later,
Paul


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Very good question...I believe as others have stated...they are generic words used as code examples...

There are, of course, two Perl modules:

FOO::FOO
FOO::BAR

within the Apache Dispatch library.

Regards,

Eliot Lee

http://www.huis.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/...iconEntries/Foo.html


Dan