Hi.
On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 15:25:26 +0400, Peter Lemenkov wrote
We need to distinguish between *real* code which natively executes
on
CPU and any other binary content which not executes natively. Win32
executables, ROMs, JARs are IMHO definitely falls into this category
(content). As pictures, music and text-files they do not runs on CPU
directly.
Win32 binaries (when run on x86, unless you found an old Alpha binary
somewhere) _do_ run natively on the host CPU. Wine does not emulate the
CPU, it 'just' provides the execution environment (libraries, kernel calls)
a Windows binary expects. Program code that is not spent in libraries or
in the kernel is executed natively on the CPU.