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[challenge entry] Beyond Foobar

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(, Fri 21 Nov 2003, 16:37, archived)
# Not the...
CHICKENS!!! They haunt my dreams of promotion.
(, Fri 21 Nov 2003, 16:45, archived)
# Uhh...
not to rain on your woo yay houpla parade...

but it's FUBAR.

an acronym.
(, Fri 21 Nov 2003, 16:47, archived)
# You wouldn't say this
if you frequently read software development documentation.

$foo = round($bar,5);
(, Fri 21 Nov 2003, 16:54, archived)
# I'm sorry
I don't speak geek. I'm only half, on my father's side.

Don't get chuffed, I'm merely joking with you
(, Fri 21 Nov 2003, 16:57, archived)
# Same
here!
(, Fri 21 Nov 2003, 16:58, archived)
# hahahaha...
board's a bit slow this afternoon.
(, Fri 21 Nov 2003, 16:59, archived)
# I concur
.
(, Fri 21 Nov 2003, 16:58, archived)
# Both are right (to some extent)
Use of 'foo' and 'bar' as temporary variable names is a common programmer idiom, but 'FUBAR' (fvcked up beyond all recognition) is a Vietnam term (IIRC). I think the latter gave rise to the former though.
In the context of the original post, fubar would be more correct though.
(, Fri 21 Nov 2003, 17:13, archived)