Dimi Paun wrote:
They are true Linux binaries (ELF format) but they need a bit of setup (for Windows compat) _before_ they start.
Am I correct in assuming (see above in thread) that in some previous wine version it *was* possible to produce stand-alone version? Any plans to make it possible (again)? Perhaps for limited win32 functionality (graphics/GUI event handling only, no device access, registry, etc.?)
But yeah, running the Win32 (PE) executables instead is a true possibility, same speed, etc. But having a Winelib port allows you to better integrate with the Unix env, which may be what you want for a 'true' Linux app.
Should one expect read/write access to memory-mapped files to be faster if it is native Linux? (I must say I am impressed by the fact that Win32 memory-mapped file access works as well under wine as it does).
cdr