August 28, 2006

The Old New Thing

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

Raymond Chen August 28, 2006 Aug 28, 2006 08/28/06

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...

Try to avoid having BOOL function parameters

Raymond Chen August 28, 2006 Aug 28, 2006 08/28/06

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

The Old New Thing

August 28, 2006 - The Old New Thing

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

Try to avoid having BOOL function parameters

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