Once Upon A Time (& still are; took me no more than 30 seconds to find both
ref's and the files), online, there were a few small DOS-proggy's that took
*.txt/*.bat files, & compiled them into executables. While one might tend to
look askance at bat-to-com conversion, it was stated, at the time, that *.com
files "ran" faster than their *.bat counterparts.
However, at this time, I do not inend to give out, in public forum, those
links/keywords. "Google is your friend" <g>; people should learn to use