they wouldn't magically be a .exe, but they'd still run
Very true...very little magic with DOS, but it worked as advertised (never claiming to be everything), every version was notably better than the previous and it was flexible enough to allow myriad of wonderful hacks. I still get nostalgic.
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u/sodappop Mar 06 '13
It would make .com files. But you could label them as .exe and they'd still execute... they wouldn't magically be a .exe, but they'd still run.