Does Foo inherit from Bar?

Question

I've always been perplexed by this. Does Foo extend Bar, or is it the wayother dnuora?
I mean Foo is-a Bar doesn't sound quit right to me, but it's still better than Bar is-a Foo. And where do metasyntactic variables get off inheriting from each anyway?
I mean if every OO textbook is going a perpetuate this nonsensical goop I hold that there should be a pier reviewed industry standard, much like McPythons Olympic Standard Mayonnaise. Detain the GOF in a jacuzzi until Sun and Microsoft can agree to form IEEE FOO754, or they really do turn into prunes, whichever comes first, I'm easy.
And what is the etymology of this term foobar anyway? Is it a near descendant from the Australian colloquialism FUBAR meaning F'ed Up Beyond All Recognition, which is commonly believed to be coined by a pair of unemployed lumberjacks on their way down under on the First Fleet, who where both subsequently flogged, keel halled, and prematurely disembarked for daring to impinge on Little Captian Blighs perfect unemployment figures.
So where did this foo come into the picture, is it a cryptic reference to the mythical FooFoo bird? Apparently, the only species capable of disappearing up it's own fundamental orifice, Politicians excepted obviously.
Or maybe foobar started life as a simple misspelling of goobar, a story about two queers and cake of soap. My apologies to those who into that, but it had to be said.
Of maybe foo bar was dreamed up by the same porkchop who came up with little endianism, whilst on his way to market to by 11 eggs
We know what bar's are. They come in chocolate, non-smoking, and extra turgid flavours.
So gentlemen (no self respecting lady would have read this far), what do you think? Does Foo extend Bar, or is it the wayother dnuora?
Signed, He who isn't too scared to tackle the really meaty issues in OO design.
;-) keith.

Answer 1

Hey Keith
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Does Foo extend Bar, or is it the wayother dnuora?
Read the javadocs.
With malice towards none, Darryl