Talk:Compatibility layer

Link broken
(2nd external) Link to Application Compatibility Tools in Windows XP is broken at Microsoft as of Jan 25 2005 - bumps back to top level (http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/columns/archive.mspx)


 * So it has! I've kept the old link 'cos it was a reference (and have moved it to "references"), and added a new link for people who want to read about it - David Gerard 15:20, 14 September 2005 (UTC)

compatibility layer or emulator?
"Emulator" and related terms are used far too often in this article and are confusing the newbies, particularly where Wine for GNU/Linux is concerned. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Special:Contributions/ (talk)

Doesn't OSX's Classic have to emulate the old hardware? (e.g. 68k) Also wouldn't Old World ROM have to be emulated as well? This sounds like a lot of emulation going on to be called a compatibility layer.--Victoria h 04:56, 14 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Nope. Classic does OS 9 on PowerPC. You're thinking of the 68040 emulator they put in when they moved from 68k to PowerPC, which they've now removed I think - David Gerard 08:17, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

FreeBSD
That list item is specifically about the FreeBSD approach, hence the reference. It's not a "me too!" fanboy laundry list opportunity - David Gerard 08:17, 28 June 2006 (UTC)


 * You're an idiot, the implementation used by FreeBSD is the same one used on all four, if you do not know what you are talking about, do not talk. 65.94.97.124 23:15, 29 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Congratulations on your knowledge; if you want to keep using it on Wikipedia, reading Civility is a suggested idea. - David Gerard 12:32, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

Cygwin?
Is Cygwin a compatibility layer? If so it would be good to include in the examples — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sarnobat (talk • contribs) 22:54, 26 February 2015 (UTC)

I went ahead and added that change as it does have a compatibility layer API. TheStackOverflow (talk) 00:52, 23 November 2019 (UTC)

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