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I can't find the source code for this, I am posting here to save it to remind myself to search later.

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[–] moonpiedumplings@programming.dev 2 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

Because fex/box86 have the ability to run arm binaries linked to x86 libraries, netting signficantly greater performance. In addition to other tricks.

https://box86.org/2022/03/box86-box64-vs-qemu-vs-fex-vs-rosetta2/