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There's not much to emulate but it's still there, I've spotted plenty of stuff labeled Windows-on-Windows or WOW64 digging around Win7 installs. While it may no
by tomc1985 10y ago
There's not much to emulate but it's still there, I've spotted plenty of stuff labeled Windows-on-Windows or WOW64 digging around Win7 installs. While it may not be doing CPU emulation (IIRC they just use the 64-bit registers like 32 and remap calls) but it is emulating nonetheless.
- Shog9 10y agoIf memory serves, WOW64 translates system calls and allows 32-bit apps/APIs to interoperate with 64-bit apps/APIs. Which is still a pretty good trick, at least when it works.