Max_Ehrlich

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I understand that these variables have a rich and long history, but if you have ever heard a professor or anybody else say "foo" in lecture you will understand why I detest them.

They have absolutely no connection to the matter at hand. Since foo is often used before bar, you would think there is an ordering between the two but there doesn't have to be. They are hard to pronounce and easier to confuse.

Whenever I give an example I use variable names that actually make sense and are related to the example. I'm glad that I have been fortunate to not see "foo" and "bar" anywhere in all of the code I've seen in recent memory.

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Thank you!

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Fascinating, but I'm not sure about the assumptions. This model mainly doesn't account for risk in the calculation.

The company owner might only work twice as much as the 9-5 salaryman. But he increases the value of his equity, while the salaryman just draws a monthly salary.

Eventually that equity is valued at millions by investors, and that is how the company owner becomes rich. Or it could be valued at zero.

Meanwhile, the salaryman is not even exposed to any of these extremes because he never took the risk.

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