Meaning of foo and bar

Jeff K Medcalf jkmedcal at uokmax.UUCP
Sat Jun 17 05:18:19 AEST 1989


Please mail me the meaning of foo and bar.  They seem to be always used for
throw away files.  What is the historical significance, if any, of such terms?


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