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Re:QEMU for iOS by kdrag0n on Friday February 21, 2020 @06:08PM (#22387921)
iSH actually uses a semi-JIT to emulate an x86 CPU — it doesn't run ARM64 code. It basically creates an arrray of function pointers to snippets of pre-translated code. It's not a full JIT like UTM, but it's an interesting workaround for iOS' restrictions.

Official description: https://github.com/tbodt/ish#a-note-on-the-jit

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Re:QEMU for iOS by saagarjha on Friday February 21, 2020 @07:46PM (#22388562)
A more accurate term for it would be threaded interpretation.
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