On Thursday, September 20, 2018 at 1:52:01 AM UTC-5, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Sep 2018 18:56:53 -0700 (PDT), John Kuthe wrote:
>
> > On Wednesday, September 19, 2018 at 7:44:51 PM UTC-5, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> >
> >> Thought it was a software program.
>
> That actually does KINDA make sense, but still redundant. Makes
> more sense than "Thunderbird is a software", at least.
>
> > "Thunderbird" IS a software program, or an .exe file as DOS/Windows knows them.
>
> What *is* the difference between and EXE and a COM executable, John?
>
> -sw

EXE files are compiled from ASCII text and turned into microprocessor runable files which are loaded onto RAM and run/executed vs. COM files which ARE ASCII text and are run by INTERPRETING them ASCII Text line by line as executed as if entered at the command prompt.

A fine distinction but very important!

John Kuthe...