← Back to context Comment by jbverschoor 4 years ago Wine Is Not an Emulator 9 comments jbverschoor Reply delusional 4 years ago Sure, but it's also WINdows Emulator ink_13 4 years ago No, it's not, because it's not a emulator hot_gril 4 years ago "In computing, an emulator is hardware or software that enables one computer system (called the host) to behave like another computer system (called the guest)."Sounds like Wine. 2 replies → jbverschoor 4 years ago Well you know.. I guess I'm OG when it comes to naming. bombcar 4 years ago I believe it now actually is again, or was, or something. It's a question when dealing with Win16 and now Win32 (Windows-on-Windows). caffed 4 years ago Ha Perfect!Yes, wine is an Windows binary executor with library translation.https://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#Is_Wine_an_emulator.3F_There_see... gorkish 4 years ago Except sometimes on aarch64
delusional 4 years ago Sure, but it's also WINdows Emulator ink_13 4 years ago No, it's not, because it's not a emulator hot_gril 4 years ago "In computing, an emulator is hardware or software that enables one computer system (called the host) to behave like another computer system (called the guest)."Sounds like Wine. 2 replies → jbverschoor 4 years ago Well you know.. I guess I'm OG when it comes to naming.
ink_13 4 years ago No, it's not, because it's not a emulator hot_gril 4 years ago "In computing, an emulator is hardware or software that enables one computer system (called the host) to behave like another computer system (called the guest)."Sounds like Wine. 2 replies →
hot_gril 4 years ago "In computing, an emulator is hardware or software that enables one computer system (called the host) to behave like another computer system (called the guest)."Sounds like Wine. 2 replies →
bombcar 4 years ago I believe it now actually is again, or was, or something. It's a question when dealing with Win16 and now Win32 (Windows-on-Windows).
caffed 4 years ago Ha Perfect!Yes, wine is an Windows binary executor with library translation.https://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#Is_Wine_an_emulator.3F_There_see...
Sure, but it's also WINdows Emulator
No, it's not, because it's not a emulator
"In computing, an emulator is hardware or software that enables one computer system (called the host) to behave like another computer system (called the guest)."
Sounds like Wine.
2 replies →
Well you know.. I guess I'm OG when it comes to naming.
I believe it now actually is again, or was, or something. It's a question when dealing with Win16 and now Win32 (Windows-on-Windows).
Ha Perfect!
Yes, wine is an Windows binary executor with library translation.
https://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#Is_Wine_an_emulator.3F_There_see...
Except sometimes on aarch64