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Would 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 ago
  That 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.
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  • schwartzworld 3y ago
    My first internet computer ran dos and Windows 3.1 and it was chock full of .com executables.
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    • soraminazuki 3y ago
      Almost 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.