Defaults in Programming
How come whenever we find sample code on the net, when we read geeky books, or whenever we develop, it has one of these.
foo
Is this poo? Or FU?
foo bar
Edible? I hope not if it’s related to the first one I mentioned above.
x
Why use x out of the 26 letters? It’s not even part of the keys on your keyboard you should properly place your fingers. I suggest from now on, we use f. It’s easier to press and with the number of times we type foo, I’m sure we won’t have a trouble adjusting.
No x there…
John Doe
Some lucky guy who accidentally got famous after a cult of programmers decided to use him as the default user of not just one or two but all of their software dev projects. He is mysteriously related to Adam, Bob, and Carl.
Juan dela Cruz a.k.a. Juan de la Cruz
Of course Filipinos have our own John Doe. His name was used as a default name even before programming existed.
Hello world!
The world never answered back. Sad. Despite the millions of times programmers all over the globe said hello.
The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog
Foxes don’t go near dogs. They are even afraid of those “scary-looking” beagles.
…lean, mean hunting machine…
(foxes not included upon purchase)
Lorem Ipsum
Because “The quick brown fox…” was too short so some guy decided to write a paragraph of this. A lot have tried decoding, but failed. The secret message is still shrouded in mystery. Apparently hard to solve than the Da Vinci code.
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