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From: kdq@demott.COM (Kevin D. Quitt)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer
Subject: Re: Child processes in Mess-Dos
Message-ID: <619@demott.COM>
Date: 29 Sep 90 18:39:49 GMT
References: <1990Sep28.234836.17868@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca>
Reply-To: kdq@demott.COM (Kevin D. Quitt)
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In article <1990Sep28.234836.17868@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca> sarathy@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (Rajiv Sarathy) writes:
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>Others were under the impression that spawn and exec load an additional
>copy of COMMAND.COM.  I didn't test to see if this is true, but I doubt it.

    If you doubt it, make your comspec=a:\command.com and see how slowly
your program comes up.  I've just gone through that exercise.
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