crazy_dave: I think we all may have gotten slightly off-topic here. This is a help thread to determine if and how reaver can get Dominion War running. I played a part in pushing it off-topic but I think the discussion over whether a compatibility layer counts as an emulator should be moved to another thread.
But first :P
Personally I don't care what they call it or how wide the definition of emulator extends and I can see both sides though I'm not sure if it really matters. WINE is what it is. If saying it isn't an emulator helps them explain what it is to people who don't know, then I'm actually okay with that. I am also okay with calling it an emulator in the broad sense of the word to describe the class of products that allow one to run programs made for one type of machine/OS on another. That's fine too.
Which definition is more accurate, I'm not really sure as Egotomb pointed out the word itself and especially its root (emulation) is a lot older than any of these definitions and older than even the first computer concepts and late 18th century punch-card machines for weaving. As such any application to our specific situation is by fiat a redefinition and I don't think there is a standards body who determines these things. Perhaps the wider definition is more appropriate in more instances, perhaps not. Can't we all just get along? :)
