That's what I'd have guessed. But it's attested in *String Searching in APL* (1974) by Bob Bernecky. See Elijah's link.
And I missed out the resonance with Swedish *fy Fan!* / German *pfui Teufel!* On Sat, 18 Mar 2023 at 18:23, Henry Rich <henryhr...@gmail.com> wrote: > I think it's Roger's variation on "fie upon thee". > > Henry Rich > > On Sat, Mar 18, 2023, 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
