I mean, but it is a Java emulator.. I was actually thinking of that in my head as an example of an emulator that's non-hardware when I read the first part of yo

I mean, but it is a Java emulator.. I was actually thinking of that in my head as an example of an emulator that's non-hardware when I read the first part of your comment. Wine technically Is Not an Emulator by name, but they felt the need to make that distinction despite emulating a piece of software..