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From: | ao950 AT FreeNet DOT Carleton DOT CA (Paul Derbyshire) |
Newsgroups: | comp.os.msdos.djgpp |
Subject: | Re: Paths and .COM files |
Date: | 9 Apr 1996 10:37:40 GMT |
Organization: | The National Capital FreeNet |
Lines: | 13 |
Sender: | ao950 AT freenet2 DOT carleton DOT ca (Paul Derbyshire) |
Message-ID: | <4kdelk$hji@freenet-news.carleton.ca> |
References: | <Pine DOT SUN DOT 3 DOT 91 DOT 960409110439 DOT 24867X-100000 AT is> |
Reply-To: | ao950 AT FreeNet DOT Carleton DOT CA (Paul Derbyshire) |
NNTP-Posting-Host: | freenet2.carleton.ca |
To: | djgpp AT delorie DOT com |
DJ-Gateway: | from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp |
This may be slowly heading off topic, but I'm curious: what IS the difference between a .COM and a .EXE, aside from the MZ ZM thing and the file extension? Is there a difference in the code, in its functioning, in how DOS allocates it memory? -- .*. "Clouds are not spheres, mountains are not cones, coastlines are not -() < circles, and bark is not smooth, nor does lightning travel in a `*' straight line." ,------------------------------------------------ -- B. Mandelbrot | Paul Derbyshire (PGD) ao950 AT freenet DOT carleton DOT ca
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