RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Origin of SPAM (Yes! I am a google GOD)

["Ross, Matthew" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

> > > See earlier message.  Foo preceeded WWII.  We may never 
> know if it was
> > > part of the motivation for FUBAR and SNAFU, but it might 
> have been.
> >
> > It wasn't, those are pretty well known.
> 
> What is well known?  There were Foo Clubs in the US as the 
> term Foo, from
> the comics, had become popular.  But your are saying that it's not
> possible that the popularity of 'foo' had anything to do with 
> the use of
> FU in both SNAFU and FUBAR?  I think it is possible, even likely.

Why? Both SNAFU and FUBAR have nothing to do with any of the the various meanings or uses of "Foo", and the people using them were certainly not using "Foo" as taglines in their e-mails or usenet posts. Both have a clear and well known derivation from existing military jargon, and "F'd Up" is a well known phrase in its own right. Trying to tie them to "Foo" prior to programmers using "foo" and presumably "fubar" as variable names isn't exactly a supportable viewpoint.

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