From: Weiqi Gao Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: .COM's with DJGPP? Date: Sat, 18 Apr 1998 20:33:28 -0500 Organization: Spectrum Healthcare Services Lines: 16 Message-ID: <35395468.F8F390B2@a.crl.com> References: <35379F0B DOT 6F79F86F AT indigo DOT ie> <3537F565 DOT 3C1CCCA2 AT a DOT crl DOT com> <3538D4C4 DOT 6919240 AT lr DOT net> <3538F4EF DOT A11E233D AT a DOT crl DOT com> <01bd6a50$8a708600$3048a5c6 AT technoid> NNTP-Posting-Host: a116012.stl1.as.crl.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Precedence: bulk Luke Bishop wrote: > > > > In fact, it will probably hang the machine when run! > > > > It probably will not hang the machine when run! Who knows about such > > details? We may never find out. > > Oh yes it will. An EXE has a header, a COM does not. The "MZ" in the > header for the magic number will crash the computer. Are you sure? This is getting interesting. This argument could drag on for weeks! -- Weiqi Gao weiqigao AT a DOT crl DOT com