From: terje.mathisen@nospicedham.tmsw.no   
      
   Robert Prins wrote:   
   > On 2021-04-17 21:50, Frank Kotler wrote:   
   >> On 04/17/2021 06:07 PM, Robert Prins wrote:   
   >>   
   >> ...   
   >>> Turbo Pascal V3 (and probably versions 1 & 2 too) created .COM files   
   >>> are not run-of-the-mill .COM files.   
   >>   
   >> As I recall, DOS doesn't care what the file is named. If the first two   
   >> bytes are "MZ", it's an exe. Perhaps we should not call it .COM?   
   >   
   > They are not MZ files, they are real COM files, be it that they do   
   > strange things once loaded.   
   >   
   > Not that strange, given that "turbo.com", the original "IDE" did also   
   > handle multiple segments (itself, and the image of the compiled program,   
   > when set to run from memory) Anders Hejlsberg, who originally wrote it,   
   > was (and still is) pretty brilliant guy.   
      
   I agree 100%.   
      
   The 35-37 kB needed for Turbo.com is one of the all-time great hacks:   
      
   A compiler (non-optimizing but still), editor, debugger and RTL in that   
   space?   
      
   Terje   
      
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