Date: Wed, 7 Aug 1996 20:47:46 -0500 From: rkw@dataplex.net (Richard Wackerbarth) To: Greg Lehey <grog@freefall.freebsd.org> Cc: current@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: Linux Willows? Message-ID: <v02140b00ae2ef67da3f3@[199.183.109.242]>
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>> Greg Lehey stands accused of saying: >> > > >> > > There isn't one. _Please_ also note that the TWIN XPDK is _NOT_ a >> > > windows emulator. It is a cross-development platform for porting >> > > Windows applications to Unices. >> > >> > Well, part of it emulates Windoze, specifically the xwin program. >> >> Correct. You'll note that it's a development tool though, not a Windows >> emulator. > > >What's in a name? That which we call a rose and all that. There is a big difference in a cross platform system and an emulator. In the former case, you are effectively defining a new system that is emulated on each of the platforms. In this case, the emulation has to handle only those constructs which are used by the development language. To be a general emulator of another system, the emulator must handle ALL of the constructs of that system. In general, that is a much larger set.
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