In comp.emulators.ms-windows.wine, Draco18s <draco18s2_DOES_NOT@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote on Mon, 14 Aug 2006 15:40:51 -0400 <MPG.1f4a9bd1137ac4749896ec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > I've got someone who doesn't understand that WINE > Is Not an Emulator and apparently doesn't get the FAQ > on the site. I personally don't use WINE (still > being on Windows kinda avoids the need), so I don't > really have the knowledge to argue this much farther. > Here's his latest point (formating in clasic > usenet style below), I need something simple that says, "no." I'll admit to wondering myself. WinE is a series of library routines and maybe a wineserver that among other things can translate Win32 calls into X ones, and File, Process, etc. calls into basic Unix/C library ones, and a whole lot of other stuff. It of course is not an instruction emulator in the Bochs sense, but it does emulate Win32. Of course the computational parts in the game/utility/etc. it can simply run natively, since it also understands how to load Intel PE files -- Windows .EXE offerings -- and set them up properly. It therefore gets reasonably good performance. So what does it matter, really? It does the job, probably better than native Windows. :-) > > Thanks in advance. > > Draco18s > >>Blue wrote: >>Well, no matter how you put it... >> >>It allows you to run windows-only programs, in a Linux enviroment, and from >>what i can see on screenshots, it runs the program window, inside a linux- >>program window. >> >>So no matter how detailed you might explain, it will still be an emulator to >>me... >> >>Just look at game emulators for PS2, GBA, N64, etc... It runs an emulation of a >>console game, in a window, in your windows... so basically, something that isnt >>suppose to run on your comp, is still beeing runned, on a system that isnt >>suppose to be able to run it. >>It also translates data and IO back and forth, making you play the game as it >>was intended to, on the system normally not beeing able to do it. >>And what is it called? >> >>Yeah, an Emulator. >> >>This thing looks the exact same way, and does the exact same thing; Allowing >>you to run something on your OS, that isnt suppose to be possible to run, by >>translating data and IO back and forth. >> >>So no matter what you say, I will still see it as an emulator, and referr it >>like one too. >>And FYI, i have had lots of friends that used WINE, and they all called it "A >>Windows Emulator". -- #191, ewill3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Windows Vista. Because it's time to refresh your hardware. Trust us. _______________________________________________ wine-users mailing list wine-users@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.winehq.org/mailman/listinfo/wine-users
