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From:	Daniel Josef Dekok <080970 AT bud DOT cc DOT swin DOT edu DOT au>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Paths and .COM files
Date:	Wed, 10 Apr 1996 01:39:55 +1000
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On 9 Apr 1996, Paul Derbyshire wrote:

> 
> 
> 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?

Im pretty sure Com files don't have a stack, whereas EXE's can
and also something about some 64k limit in a com file

> 
> --
>     .*.  "Clouds are not spheres, mountains are not cones, coastlines are not
>  -()  <  circles, and bark is not smooth, nor does lightning travel in a
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