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Aug 28, 2006

How did "Start Me Up" become the theme for the Windows 95 launch?

Raymond Chen

Add this to your trivia pile. Keith Combs links to a pair of articles that that go into the history behind how Start Me Up become the theme for the Windows 95 launch. Part 1, Part 2.

Aug 28, 2006

Try to avoid having BOOL function parameters

Raymond Chen

Generally speaking, I believe that you should try to avoid giving functions a boolean parameter (, , etc.) unless the meaning of that boolean parameter is blatantly obvious. Examples of obvious meaning would be the second parameter to the function ( obviously means the window is being enabled and means that it's being disabled) and the final para...