On Mac OS X, and other *NIX (Unix-like) systems, an executable file can have any file name, ".exe" or not. The function of a file is defined by its content, not name. If you change file name (".exe" is nothing but a file name), the Window shell wont recognize it, but you still can start the application programmatically. It used to be a notion of obsolete Microsoft systems, but now this is mostly just a convention. Essentially, there is no such thing as "extension". The paragraph below (indented) was initially written in response to first version of the question, which was later fixed by the inquirer:
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