Did L win against Light?


Did L **win** against Light? Let me elaborate:

After L's death in episode 25, we assume that Light won. But in episode 26, L
leaves a message in his computer (which Light deletes in the same episode).

[![L's computer
message](https://i.stack.imgur.com/DzkUG.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/DzkUG.png)

Also, at the end of the episode, we see that some data is being sent from L's
personal computer.

So, my question is: did he **know/confirm** that Light was Kira and sent the
case data to Near?

[![This ambigous scene shows the message
"Transmission"](https://i.stack.imgur.com/eAwxN.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/eAwxN.png)

Note:By "winning", I mean that L defeated Light in their mind game/battle. L
had confirmed that Light is Kira( but could not prove it in front of the whole
world). He was able to see that Light would come to kill him in the future and
confirmed that Light is Kira (when Light smiles at L's dying body). This is
purely a theory based on the possibility that the transmitted data can indeed
be the case data stating Light as Kira.




It really depends on what you call _winning._

  * L had been suspicious, strongly suspicious and just a tad less strongly suspicious of Light being Kira throughout the entire anime (or, well: those potions wherein he was alive).

  * L, however, wanted to _prove_ that Light was Kira with evidence that would suffice to try him guilty. Collecting enough evidence to win a court case was also the police task force’s goal. They never achieved that or they would have arrested (and subsequently tried) Light.

In games like the board game [_Cluedo_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cluedo)
(or _Clue,_ if you’re on the other side of the pond), you can essentially win
by guessing correctly. In crime fiction or real-world criminal investigations,
you don’t win by guessing correctly, you only win by _proving_ you’re correct.
Thus, applying the rules of Cluedo, L won; but he himself wouldn’t have
considered him winning due to thinking in criminal investigation terms.

* * *

Since you now clarified what you mean by winning:

L did not win the mind game. We was on a good track, but he was short of the
goal. If Rem hadn’t taken action, it probably wouldn’t have been too long
before L had proven to himself that Light is Kira, at which point he would
have also told the world about it. However, he was stopped just short of
proof.

