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I predict that ntsync will eventually evolve into full blown ntoskrnl.ko and there would be virtually no overhead on calling Windows API. You can almost call it

by mifydev 5mo ago

I predict that ntsync will eventually evolve into full blown ntoskrnl.ko and there would be virtually no overhead on calling Windows API. You can almost call it a Linux Subsystem for Windows.

advisedwang 5mo ago
It would be fun to call it Windows Subsystem for Linux!
- sedatk 5mo ago
  which would be the right use of the term. WSL was originally called LXSS = linux subsystem. As I understand, lawyers stepped in soon after.
  - sunaookami 5mo ago
    They already did the same thing 25 years ago with "Windows Services for UNIX": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Services_for_UNIX https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Services_for_UNIX
    - wmf 5mo ago
      Which is also backwards.
  - throwaway27448 5mo ago
    The two terms seem semantically identical (i.e., ambiguous and therefore meaningless) to me.
    - sedatk 5mo ago
      You wouldn't call a Nintendo emulator "Windows emulator for Nintendo" would you.
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