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		zmodem on Feb 6, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A C89 compiler that produces executables that are ... The paper/executable starts with "ZM", but shouldn't a DOS .exe file start with "MZ"? (http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/doc/exe/) What am I missing?

SideQuark on Feb 6, 2018 [–]

MZ or ZM works

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOS_MZ_executable

zmodem on Feb 6, 2018 | [–]

TIL I wonder if there’s any interesting reason for that.

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