What is the history of the use of "foo" and "bar" in source code examples? (2012)(softwareengineering.stackexchange.com)134 points by squircle 2 years ago | 129 comments
Screenshot pending…If you could only have one programming book on bookshelf what would it be?(softwareengineering.stackexchange.com)36 points by whereistimbo 3 years ago | 50 comments
Why is int in C in practice at least a 32 bit?(softwareengineering.stackexchange.com)17 points by rbanffy 3 years ago | 39 comments
C uses "&" for the address-operator because 'ampersand sounds like "address"'(softwareengineering.stackexchange.com)165 points by pkapka 3 years ago | 131 comments