Batchcom is a converter for batch files that turns average to complicated batch files into COM files

why would i want to convert batch to com/exe?

I use batch for compiling and testing, it would be painfull to do that from exe.

Run a batch file, at least you can see what the commands are.
Run an exe and you take a chance...

I also can't see how you would notice any sort of speed difference nowadays. Maybe in the days of DOS3 running from a floppy?

hello.bat=30 bytes, hello.exe=1243. Bloat?

40KB batch file? Wow, what a pig to maintain. I would be splitting it into smaller batch files and using call.

Using hello.bat as an example was a bit extreme, the more commands in a batch file the more efficient a compiled exe would be.

Did that startup batch file have lots of blank lines and/or comments?
Quite a few batch files are 'bloated' with that stuff.

Also why would you want people to see what commands are being run if you're releasing a commercial program?

however, in the long run

@echo off
:a
type conin$ > nul
fasm x86\main.asm boot.img
if %errorlevel% neq 0 goto a
"%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Bochs-2.4.5\bochs" -f "bochsrc.bxrc" -q
goto a    

All you need is CreateProcess, WriteFile, GetLastError, CreatePipe and compare operator.