Xref: news2.mv.net comp.os.msdos.djgpp:2568 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 Organization: Swinburne University of Technology Lines: 20 Message-ID: References: <4kdelk$hji AT freenet-news DOT carleton DOT ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: bude.cc.swin.edu.au Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <4kdelk$hji@freenet-news.carleton.ca> To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp 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 > `*' straight line." ,------------------------------------------------ > -- B. Mandelbrot | Paul Derbyshire (PGD) ao950 AT freenet DOT carleton DOT ca >