Re: /dev/tcp

The Natural Philosopher <[email protected]>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.misc
Organization A little, after lunch
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On 20/08/2026 19:22, Eli the Bearded wrote:
> Note the underlined bit. In my mind "emulate" implies there is a thing
> that does this, because the dictionary definition of "emulate" is very
> close to "imitate".

Emulation carries a strong implication of arriving at the same result by 
a radically different means, whereas imitate attempts to simply 
duplicate the method.
e.g. software models emulate the real world, they do not imitate it.



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