That's interesting. I didn't actually know that, I figured there'd be some kind of shim in place to make it work. Incidentally, this doesn't mean that Wine runs 16-bit Windows programs particularly well. I did a bit of quick research, and it turns out you need to jump through some hoops to run 16-bit on Wine.[1]
I maintain that Windows is always a better choice for running win32 applications, unless you don't have that option. I'll also note that I'm not saying Wine is useless, or anything along those lines. I merely take issue with the idea that it runs win32 applications "better" than a system that's designed to be backwards compatible with win32 applications by the same entity that made win32.
I maintain that Windows is always a better choice for running win32 applications, unless you don't have that option. I'll also note that I'm not saying Wine is useless, or anything along those lines. I merely take issue with the idea that it runs win32 applications "better" than a system that's designed to be backwards compatible with win32 applications by the same entity that made win32.
[1]: https://askubuntu.com/a/308679