LEADAn emulator pretends to be different hardware and pays for every instruction. A translation layer runs the same instructions natively and only rewrites the calls that cross into the operating system. That distinction sets the whole cost model.
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Translation is not emulation
An emulator pretends to be different hardware and pays for every instruction. A translation layer runs the same instructions natively and only rewrites the calls that cross into the operating system. That distinction sets the whole cost model.