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by zapzupnz 471 days ago
Sounds a bit like WINE
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No. Way lower level. WINE runs native code and replaces library and system calls. This turns native code into C++ macros and then recompiles those into code. This is like a JIT with C++ as the IR. On the other hand WINE is not an emulator ;)