Ah! I used to wonder about that when I was a kid playing with DOS. I had the vague notion that com programs were 'dumber' than exe or less complex and were ofte

Ah! I used to wonder about that when I was a kid playing with DOS. I had the vague notion that com programs were 'dumber' than exe or less complex and were often part of the operating system. And if a 'big' application was a com then it means there were a bunch of additional com or exe files in the directory.