From: j DOT aldrich6 AT genie DOT com
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Date: Wed, 10 Apr 96 03:59:00 UTC 0000
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Subject: Re: Paths and .COM files

Reply to message 0378732    from AO950 AT FREENET on 04/09/96  6:37AM


>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?

As I understand it (and don't quote me here), .COM files don't get copies
of the environment to work with.  They are also supposed to be limited in
the things they can do, but it's supposedly a tradeoff for reduced size.

Am I right?  Wrong?  Crazy?  :)

John