I remember "foo" showing up a lot in some boston related contexts, and a quick web search finds:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foobar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_Foo ... both of which sound plausible as influences. -- Raul On Sat, Mar 18, 2023 at 7:46 AM Elijah Stone <elro...@elronnd.net> wrote: > > The phrase 'foo upon thee' appears many times in the j test suite. > > A google search reveals a forum post by roger from 1994 > (http://computer-programming-forum.com/9-apl/a0e17b293b053c07.htm) and an > article by robert bernecky from 1975 > (http://www.snakeisland.com/IPSANewsletter_1974_75_12_01.pdf). Does anyone > know where it originates? > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
