Why “hello world” and “foo:bar”?

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How did we started on this pattern?

floxy · Accepted Answer

Pretty sure the "Hello, World" got its start from the first program used in "The C Programming Language" by Kernighan and Ritchie, back in 1978. I've always presumed the foo and bar come from FUBAR[0] which seems to have originated in WWII army lingo.[0] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/FUBAR

nullish_signal · Answer

Not sure about "Hello World!" besides being a cute phrase for new programs to say.Foo Bar I would assume is from F.U.B.A.R., or F%&#ed Up Beyond All Repair. If so, then maybe 2 simple variables is all you can safely tweak? No clue, really.

dragonwriter · Answer

https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3092.txt

xen2xen1 · Answer

I thought "Hello World" was the first example in the K&R C manual?

Why “hello world” and “foo:bar”?

How did we started on this pattern?

Pretty sure the "Hello, World" got its start from the first program used in "The C Programming Language" by Kernighan and Ritchie, back in 1978. I've always presumed the foo and bar come from FUBAR[0] which seems to have originated in WWII army lingo.
[0] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/FUBAR

Not sure about "Hello World!" besides being a cute phrase for new programs to say.
Foo Bar I would assume is from F.U.B.A.R., or F%&#ed Up Beyond All Repair. If so, then maybe 2 simple variables is all you can safely tweak? No clue, really.

https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3092.txt

I thought "Hello World" was the first example in the K&R C manual?