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> Every windows program has to (eventually) call a Linux library, since Wine emulates Windows on top of Linux. Obligatory reminder: Wine Is Not Emulator.
by tomkarho 4y ago
> Every windows program has to (eventually) call a Linux library, since Wine emulates Windows on top of Linux.
Obligatory reminder: Wine Is Not Emulator.
- chungy 4y agoThe word is overloaded and the implication that emulator means ISA emulation is why Wine for a time adopted that expansion. It still very much emulates the Windows ABI and API. It's original name was "Windows Emulator", even, hence the abbreviation Wine.