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Re:Learning how to program in Oman in the 90’s by Jugurtha on Tuesday July 26, 2016 @09:12PM (#12169873)
>The jump from QBasic to Quick Basic and understanding .EXEs, compilation etc was the turning point for me in understanding programming, debugging and operating systems.

That's hilarious. I remember I was pissed off: why certain files do stuff and are games and all. How do they do that!

So I created a new .TXT file and changed its extension to .COM and tried to execute it. Then to .EXE.

It didn't work. I don't know what I expected back then, for it to magically do something cool I suppose.

The executables came when I got Visual BASIC for DOS. Wow! You could also make forms with buttons!

It was in on a CD that had a bunch of software on it that came with .NFO files I'd read and wonder "what was that BBS stuff they were talking about. They seem to get together and have fun with computers". They were crews who crack stuff.

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Re:Learning how to program in Oman in the 90’s by vivin on Wednesday July 27, 2016 @12:34AM (#12170546)
Oh, wow! I did the exact same thing! I remember thinking why some files would just "run" from the command-line and why others wouldn't! I remember renaming a .TXT file to .COM or .EXE and also wondering why it wouldn't run!
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