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To me the distinction seems obvious: simulation reproduces the external behaviour of a system i.e from observers pov; emulation reproduces the internal behaviour. Typically the external behaviour emerges from this as a matter of course, but in many cases such a “bottom up” approach isn’t possible or even necessary.



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