[Jprogramming] whence 'foo upon thee'?

[Henry Rich]

I think it's Roger's variation on "fie upon thee".

Henry Rich

On Sat, Mar 18, 2023, 7:46 AM Elijah Stone <elronnd at elronnd.net> wrote:

> The phrase 'foo upon thee' appears many times in the j test suite.
>
> A google search reveals a forum post by roger from 1994
> (http://computer-programming-forum.com/9-apl/a0e17b293b053c07.htm) and an
> article by robert bernecky from 1975
> (http://www.snakeisland.com/IPSANewsletter_1974_75_12_01.pdf).  Does
> anyone
> know where it originates?
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