Foo is Gay

Am I the only programmer out here that thinks the term “Foo” as a generic placeholder just sounds gay? I don’t know why the hell we use it but I just think it’s gay. Thought to share that point useless as this post is. Foo seems like some kind of term that developers deem as “cool” to use but it’s just plain nerdy. Sorry but it just sounds dumb.

Print | posted on Sunday, May 10, 2009 3:58 PM

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# re: Foo is Gay

Yes you are the only one. When you come up with a better 'geek' term let me know.

Until then i am going to 'foo' the hell out of my code

Left by Derik Whittaker on May 11, 2009 10:39 AM

# re: Foo is Gay

Dave,

In case you are interested, the derivation of the term "foo" comes from first syllable of the military acronym FUBAR. That's why you often see "foo" used with "bar".

FUBAR happens to stand for Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition.

So you see, not that gay.

Left by Lee Dumond on May 11, 2009 11:35 AM