Why does Windows 95 have functions called BEAR, BUNNY and PIGLET?

Raymond Chen August 18, 2003 Aug 18, 2003 08/18/03

If you dig back into your Windows 95 files, you'll find that some internal system functions are given names like BEAR35, BUNNY73 and PIGLET12. Surely there is a story behind these silly names, isn't there? Of course there is. "Bear" is the name of the Windows 3.1 mascot, a stuffed teddy ...