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minus-squarePossibly linuxlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoEven as a emulator it is very solid. Name one emulator that is faster. (Rosetta is a translator not an emulator)
minus-squareAVincentInSpace@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 month ago…the difference being? JIT transpilers still count as emulators.
minus-squarePossibly linuxlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoThey really don’t. A emulator is doing all of the hardware in software. A translator is just converting instructions.
minus-squareAVincentInSpace@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 month agoBy that definition, qemu-[architecture] is a translator. qemu-system-[architecture] is an emulator. And it’s still a worse translator than Rosetta. Because Rosetta cheats.
Even as a emulator it is very solid. Name one emulator that is faster. (Rosetta is a translator not an emulator)
…the difference being? JIT transpilers still count as emulators.
They really don’t. A emulator is doing all of the hardware in software. A translator is just converting instructions.
By that definition, qemu-[architecture] is a translator. qemu-system-[architecture] is an emulator.
And it’s still a worse translator than Rosetta. Because Rosetta cheats.