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> From: Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com>
> Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 10:31:42 -0600
> 
>      ;; What is the list of systems that require the .exe extension?
>      (when (memq system-type '(dos))
>        (setq program (concat program ".exe")))
>      (shell-command (format "make %s && ./%s %s" program program args))))

This part is bogus, on several accounts.  First, there's no
system-type `dos' in Emacs, only `ms-dos'.  Second, Windows
executables also have the .exe extension.  And third, there's no need
to append the extension, since Make will DTRT on these systems even
without the .exe.