> We did have some internal debate on if the system is a "simulator" or an "emulator", but really, it can be both, depending on how pedantic you want to be.
> The biggest reason for the name being what it is, however, is that since the beginning, the software was called the "DPS8M Simulator", and even if emulator might be (arguably) a better name, it's not worth changing it at this point.
Honestly, "simulator" vs "emulator" is just a matter of what I'm used to now, as opposed to anything I find needlessly confusing: It seems like everyone else talks about this kind of software in terms of it being emulators and emulation, and reserves the word simulation for things like circuit simulators. Kind of an interesting linguistic quirk to observe, but it does make your use of the word simulator in this context a bit unusual.
> The biggest reason for the name being what it is, however, is that since the beginning, the software was called the "DPS8M Simulator", and even if emulator might be (arguably) a better name, it's not worth changing it at this point.
Honestly, "simulator" vs "emulator" is just a matter of what I'm used to now, as opposed to anything I find needlessly confusing: It seems like everyone else talks about this kind of software in terms of it being emulators and emulation, and reserves the word simulation for things like circuit simulators. Kind of an interesting linguistic quirk to observe, but it does make your use of the word simulator in this context a bit unusual.