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mrweaseltoday at 1:39 PM1 replyview on HN

WSL is "Windows Subsystem for Linux", so this should be "Linux Subsystem for Windows 9x"


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GranPCtoday at 1:44 PM

By Microsoft’s convention, that would be a way to run Windows 9x on Linux. It’s a bit confusing. Another example is “Windows Subsystem for Android”, which is what they use for running Android apps on Windows. I think the idea is that it’s not a “Windows Subsystem” for X, but rather a Windows “Subsystem for X”.

(Edited: mixed it up on the last sentence.)

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