Re: Never Got Used To Those New-Fangled VMS Filename Extensions ...

On 2024-07-28, Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> wrote:

On Sun, 28 Jul 2024 02:50:26 -0000 (UTC)
Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
>

 
(And of course Dave Cutler took .EXE along with other VMS-isms with
him to Windows NT, but that?s another story.)
 

>
And of course you made it up.
Microsoft introduced .exe extension for relocatable executives back in
1982 (MS-DOS 1.25). 6+ years before they hired Cutler and 11 years
before shipment of the first Cutler's Microsoft OS.
>

Yes. My first MS-DOS version was around the 3.3/5.0 days and I knew the
.exe files had been well established in the ancient past by then.

I really do _NOT_ miss having to choose a memory model when writing
programs. :-)

I _do_ remember my first Microsoft language compilers/assemblers having
a full set of printed documentation.

Simon.

PS: I wonder if the Basic games that came with MS-DOS 5.0 could be made
to run under DEC Basic. :-)

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