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Old 2012-04-03, 11:49 AM   [Ignore Me] #24
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Re: Planetside 2 for Linux?


Originally Posted by CyclesMcHurtz View Post
Actually, WINE is really a recursive acronym [ (W)ine (I)s (N)ot an (E)mulator ], and the code is not an emulator. It's a set of libraries (.DLL's in MS Windows terms) that intercept calls and replace them with the Linux equivalents while running. It's more like a MOD for windows .EXE's. If you're running on an Intel platform there is no emulation going on.
What you described is exactly what an emulator is
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