From: Damian Yerrick <Bullcr_pd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comRemoveBullcr_p>
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Subject: Re: Not-emulators (was AMD processors and assembly language)
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On Sun, 19 Mar 2000 08:27:38 +0600 (LKT), Kalum Somaratna aka Grendel
<kalum AT lintux DOT cx> wrote:

>On Sat, 18 Mar 2000, Damian Yerrick wrote:
>
>> Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
>> http://nightflight.com/cgi-bin/foldoc.cgi?emulation
>> 66
>> One system is said to emulate another when it performs in exactly the
>> same way, though perhaps not at the same speed. A typical example
>> would be emulation of one computer by (a program running on) another.
>> You might use an emulation as a replacement for a system whereas you
>> would use a simulation if you just wanted to analyse it and make
>> predictions about it. 
>> 99
>> I don't like the FOLDOC definition because it implies that simple
>> implementation of the same standard that another system implements
>> would be considered emulation.  Would you call XFree86 an
>> "X11 emulator"?
>
>In the true sense of the word "emulation" according to the FOLDC this
>would be true enough, as Xfree86 indeed enables us to run programs written
>for X.

And MS-DOS indeed enables us to run programs written for PC DOS.
And MS J++VM indeed enables us to run programs written for Java.
And Microsoft Windows indeed enables us to run programs written for
Windows.

So you're saying that the first implementation of an API is the real
thing and all the rest are emulators?  Or are you saying that all
programs are emulators?

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