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From: tmoran@bix.com
Subject: Re: F9X twister & ADA (was: n-dim'l vectors)
Date: 2000/04/10
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> > I thought Fubar was a C term ;-)
> No, like bug it is MUCH MUCH older than people think, I know
> it was used (usually spelled Foobar) in the Algol-60 world,
  I'd always understood it was a variant ofSNAFU, and from WWII.
But I wasn't around at the time...