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According to this, Wine now runs on Windows Subsystem for Linux.
In build 15025, wine64-development runs directly on the Windows Subsystem for Linux.
This will be applauded as a great accomplishment for those who need to run Windows executables.
No word on whether Cygwin will run on Wine running on Windows Subsystem for Linux. Also of interest would be to get Wine to be able to run Windows Subsystem for Linux on Wine.
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(Score: 2) by ledow on Friday February 10 2017, @08:27AM
Development.
Run the executable native, next to the Wine version of the same, compare pixel-for-pixel and action-for-action, and watch the API calls made by both to ensure they're the same.
Sure, you can do it with VM's or separate machines, but that's a lot more messing about for a simple action.
YOU might not want to do it, but someone will.
And otherwise, it is just a toy. Like when someone can run a new OS on a virtual machine, or a self-hosting programming language - it's not difficult or directly useful, but it just means that some things internally are complete enough to make it happen and make debugging it easier.