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From: hugh_davies.WGC1RX@xerox.com
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: The first, second and third metasyntactical variables . . . . .
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Date: 15 Aug 90 19:14:41 GMT
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FOO BAR is a phoneticisation of FUBAR, which is itself a military acronym
for [Fucked|Fouled] Up Beyond All [Repair|Recognition].

A FUBAR is the stage beyond a SNAFU - Situation Normal; All [Fucked|Fouled]
Up.

But where does BAZ come from?

for (foo = 0; bar <= 32767; baz++){}

Hugh.