title: Porting x86/64 Windows programs to Windows 8 ARM
body: <p><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2012/02/09/building-windows-for-the-arm-processor-architecture.aspx">This article</a> (from the Windows engineering team) says:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>WOA [Windows On ARM] will not support any type of virtualization or emulation approach,
    and will not enable existing x86/64 applications to be ported or run.</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>Does that mean I won't even be able to recompile an x86/64 application from source for ARM?</p>
  
  <p>If yes, what exactly prevents me from doing that? My understanding is that <a href="http://getwired.com/2011/09/20/win32-the-reports-of-my-death-are-greatly-exaggerated/">the Win32 API is present on Windows 8 ARM</a>.</p>
  
  <p>If no, what do they mean by not being able to port x86/64 applications to ARM?</p>