For all I care this is the funniest joke I've ever told

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[–] 17 points 8 months ago (18 children)

Please explain. It's the first dad joke of programming I've ever seen.

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  • [–] [S] 18 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (9 children)

    The French pronounce the letters "eaux" as just "o", and foo and bar are placeholder names for functions that are often used in programming tutorials.

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  • [–] 20 points 8 months ago (4 children)

    I'm French and most people know that oo is not "o." Fou would have been the proper way to write it.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (7 children)

    Eaux in French is pronounced like oh

    So foo -> feauxeaux

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  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago* (3 children)

    Not really. Every programmer in France knows how to speak English, and foo is foo, not anything else.

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