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

Raymond Chen
Raymond Chen

If you dig back into your Windows 95 files, you'll find that some internal system functions are given names like , and . 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 bear seemingly-obsessively ...

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