Here’s a link to RFC 3092 that explains the history of “foo”, “bar”, “baz”, etc.
For those outside the tech community:
RFC = Request For Comment
“foo”, “bar”, etc are used to quickly name things in a piece of software (usually when the name is not important, like when writing a quick piece of test code).
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How about the “hierarchy” of foo? You’re West Coast, right?
For some reason, I put “garply” fourth, before “quux”…
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