Mantar, Feyelno nek dusa wrote: > On Mon, 14 Aug 2006 15:40:51 -0400, Draco18s wrote: > >> 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." > > An emulator is a specific type of program that mimics hardware. Windows > is not a piece of hardware, ergo Wine Is Not an Emulator. It's merely a > clone of the Windows API. > It's sort of like the difference between a program that performs > mathematical calculations on numbers, and a program that models the > internal structures of a Texas Instruments calculator -- a hardware device > which also performs mathematical calculations on numbers. The programs may > look similar, but inside, they are two entirely different beasts. The > gap between wine and an x86 emulator is a BIT less wide than that, but not > nearly enough to require a name-change on wine's part. > > OTOH, if he insists on making up his own definitions for words, > he's free to do so. He'll just have to put up with the fact that the rest > of the planet is talking past him. > In the technical sense, an emulator is just what you have said, but I quote from Webster's Dictionary part of the definition of 'emulate' <<1. Try to equal or excel; imitate with effort to equal or surpass; 'to emulate one's father.'>> In that sense, Wine's behaviour 'emulates' the behaviour of Windows in that it can run (a bunch of) software that Windows can. So, in the non-technical sense, it does emulate Windows. If 'emulator' were not a technical term, there would be no argument. -- If you wrestle in the mud with a pig. you both get dirty, and the pig likes it. -- Dave Dawson _______________________________________________ wine-users mailing list wine-users@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.winehq.org/mailman/listinfo/wine-users
