.COMs are not dead

No, not those .COMs, these .COMs

chcp.com
command.com
diskcomp.com
diskcopy.com
format.com
graftabl.com
graphics.com
kb16.com
loadfix.com
mode.com
more.com
tree.com
win.com
edit.com

They still ship .COM files with Win2k. I remember reading my MASM Bible 10 years ago and being warned that Microsoft was phasing out .COM files. Haha! Next I am going to believe Kraig Brockschmidt saying COM (hey another COM!!!) objects will replace the Windows API.

 

[SillyBoy]

my kind of joke

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[yakko]

hehe

 

[Descartes]

COM Object _have_ replaced the Win32 API, to an extent.

Of course, the underlying api still exists, but there are exposed COM objects that work off an abstraction of the underlying API. An entire API written w/ dependencies against a framework like COM is nonsensical.

And, the old .COM executable format is obsolete. The PE (portable executable) format is the format now, but that doesn't mean that old formats don't still exist. Since again, PE files are executed on an abstraction layer, it's not that strange to see that they still have some old .coms around.

 

[Mday]

i use command.com all the time.

 

[beer]

What's the difference between .com and .exe? I never figured that out.

 

[charrison]

dont forget win2k ships edlin.exe as well.

 

[eyor]

holy 5#17! I was thinking you were talking about programs when I clicked on the thread! only because I just posted something about command.com in another thread... or maybe because I have ESP

 

sillyboy:

Descartes: Remember all the Cario hype? Object file system and 100% COM API. I guess they are closer than ever to that objective, but still no cigar.

Elemental007: COM files are limited to 64k and can only load into one page of memory.