Re: .COM files or .EXE?

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From: Will DeWitt
Date: Sun, 17 May 1998 00:00

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Chad Beattie wrote in message <6jkt97$oa0$1@winter.news.erols.com>...
>Could anyone tell my why you would want to use a com file over an exe file
>or vise versa?  What are advantages and disadvantages of either one?
Thanks


COM files are usually faster and smaller, but are limited to 64k total for
code, data and stack space.  EXE files are multi-segmented, and calls to
routines in other segments generate larger code (since passing the seg:ofs
is required, unlike a COM, which goes directly to the offset).
Will

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From: "Will DeWitt" <edge@boink.net>
Subject: Re: .COM files or .EXE?
Date: 1998/05/17
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