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From: norbertj AT panix DOT com (deuce)
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Subject: Re: hello world compile time
Date: 2 Jul 1996 22:33:32 -0400
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In <4rc6ph$5of AT news DOT enterprise DOT net> eurgain AT enterprise DOT net (Alistair Hamilton) writes:

>Paul Shirley <Paul AT chocolat DOT foobar DOT co DOT uk> wrote:
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>>In article <31d51be6.1025944|@nntpserver.swip.net>, Robert Fremin
>...                                              |
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>>Even Win95 does a reasonab|le job, about 6 secs the first time, <3 secs
>>for subsequent compiles on a|P75 with 40M RAM.
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>40 Meg???? Yegods! How the|other half live!
>                                                |
>Alistair.                                     |
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>PS. What the hell is FOO.BAR| all about anyway? I have been involved
>with computers (and bloody FooBar) for about fifteen years now, and I
>am still to find out! Any help?

I think it is a corruption of FUBAR which was a WWII acronym like SNAFU.  
Meaning  Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition.