Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Translation emulation

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The result of the debate was delete - Liberatore(T) 11:50, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Translation emulation

Delete Neologism. What Mattabat is describing exists but is called virtualization. Please note a Google search for "translation emulation" will return a lot of results, but most of them are talking about "tranlation OR emulation" not "translation emulation". Also please don't recommend redirect as we don't want this to start being linked and then appearing in Google searches. AlistairMcMillan 16:30, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

• Delete. Never heard the term used this way myself, and if I heard it, I thought it would refer to emulators that do some sort of translation (such as just-in-time compiling, or plain interpreting) to run the code -- i.e. the exact opposite of what the article is saying. Google, for all that I can see, seems to basically agree with me. LjL 19:41, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

• KEEP. The term is sound and not virtualisation as virtualisation a generalised term can apply to a range of emulator types. Translation emulation is specific, comparable I suppose to native virtualisation but not necessarily in isolation. See the article I linked, and the examples I highlighted (especially Shapeshifter). Goodonya Google, I'm glad someone knows how to use you.. :) Mattabat 12:09, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

The source you just added never uses the phrase "translation emulation". AlistairMcMillan 12:11, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

• Delete. There is already an article on binary translation, where that source might find a home. Like AlistairMcMillan, I do not see the phrase "translation emulation" in that source anywhere. Google search is similarly nonproductive. ShapeShifter's home page makes no mention. —204.42.17.93 14:52, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

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