![]() Though we also can use other metaphor, where Mono is interpreter for languages like PHP or Python, and MBIILauncher.exe is like a php/python script. NET applications are regular Win32 PE files, and PE has almost nothing to do with either Linux or MacOS. ![]() ![]() ![]() NET is entirely Windows-only standard, based on Windows and designed for Windows, no matter what Microsoft managers say. Replace "NES emulator" with "Mono", "ROM file" with ".exe file" and you'll get the picture.Īgain, it's more about end-user impression, rather than the narrow, dogmatic view of the jedi.ĭOSBox, WINE, Cygwin etc etc are pretty similar to what I've described.įurthermore. It very similar how game console emulators work: NES emulator, which is regular Win32 app, starting up in Windows in standard way, then it reads ROM file form hard drive, interpret it and execute it, so user can play videogames those never designed for any PC OS, on his PC with Windows 7 installed. Click to expand.I don't even understand what "substitute" does mean in this context, but it doesn't even matter, cause "emulator" is exactly how Mono looks like for an end-user: it creates an environment that allows executing program those originally weren't designed for systems where that environment is deployed.
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