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#13335
From: J I L Gold
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 1990 10:48
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Will SOMEONE please tell me why in source code snippets the variables
"foo","bar","foobar" and other variants invariably appear?

	J.Gold
	mapjilg@uk.ac.bath.gdr

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From: mapjilg@gdr.bath.ac.uk (J I L Gold)
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Subject: What is...
Message-ID: <1990Jan4.104858.16079@gdt.bath.ac.uk>
Date: 4 Jan 90 10:48:58 GMT
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