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From: Aidan Skinner <aidan@skinner.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: F9X twister & ADA (was: n-dim'l vectors)
Date: 2000/04/15
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Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com> writes:

> No, like bug it is MUCH MUCH older than people think, I know
> it was used (usually spelled Foobar) in the Algol-60 world,
> anyone know anything definitive on first use here?

Foldoc claims it was used in at the TMRC, which is where the MIT AI
Lab probably picked it up, possibly from a "Smokey Stover" comic by
Bill Holman.

Unfortunately I just lost an hour in there...

- Aidan
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