Plastic wrote: > It IS a logical fallacy if you consider an emulator that doesn't emulate > something pre-existing but does something original to still be an "emulator" > for the literal meaning of the word.
Well, what else could you call a hybrid that emulates the CPU but nothing else? A "platform" perhaps? :-D (Mostly) kidding... > It's true that introducing new features in an emulator does introduce > greater hardships for people producing original hardware, as the first good > implementation usually becomes the predominant standard. Nah, I beg to differ here, too. A clean API can usually be implemented without much trouble both for native hardware and for emulators. On the contrary, most trouble usually starts when the API is designed to suite one particular hardware implementation, as for example was the case with the SMSQ/E sound system. It was a MAYOR pain to implement for QPC and took ages to get it to work without any clicking and other irritating sounds. > I hope everyone had a great and productive weekend. I did :) I made second place in a pool tournament, but I don't know if that counts as productive :-) Cheers, Marcel _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
