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[–] kescusay@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wine is not an emulator. It's a full implementation of the Windows API, which is why it's possible to get really good performance out of it in a way that pure software emulation can't match.

[–] Synthead@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wine is not an emulator

This is what Wine stands for! It's a recursive acronym.

[–] kescusay@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

I was hoping someone would spot that. :)