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> This solution only works if you believe no filename extensions will ever be created (or popularized) from here on out. It works if you just don't believe a f
by thomasahle 3y ago
> This solution only works if you believe no filename extensions will ever be created (or popularized) from here on out.
It works if you just don't believe a filename extension like .com or .net will be popular in the future. Personally I don't think they will, as people rightly find it annoying if the clash with TLDs.
- hfkwer 3y ago[dead]
- waboremo 3y agoNot much of a solution if it requires hoping something doesn't become popular in the future. That's more like a hot potato you've just passed on.
- thomasahle 3y agoIn fact, if something like a .net file does become popular, it just shows that people don't care as much as I assumed, and so the problem has solved itself.
- schwartzworld 3y agoWould you settle for it being popular in the past? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/COM_file https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/COM_file
- soraminazuki 3y agoThat predates widespread use of the internet. Also by the time Internet Explorer took off, COM files ceased to be relevant. So no, COM files aren't relevant at all in this discussion.
- deleted 3y ago[deleted]
- schwartzworld 3y agoMy first internet computer ran dos and Windows 3.1 and it was chock full of .com executables.
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- soraminazuki 3y agoAlmost no one had internet access back then and Internet Explorer didn't even exist at the time of Windows 3.1's release. So still not relevant.