Where did "Foo" and "Bar" come from?

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Published on 2008-11-04T16:12:06Z Indexed on 2010/05/18 1:50 UTC
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I've used it, I've read examples using it, I've tried to search why people use it... but still?

Why do you use Foo and Bar when writing an example?

And specially, where did Foo and Bar come from?

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