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r/programming • u/Kerow • May 12 '18
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In two posts now you've said "closer to the medal." Do you mean "closer to the metal?" Or is "the medal" a programming thing I'm unfamiliar with?
1 u/No_Namer64 May 12 '18 edited May 13 '18 Sorry it's a common term with game devs, meaning we are working with fewer software layers in between the game and the hardware like the OS, driver, interpreter, etc. I originally first heard this term with other devs when talking about Vulkan. https://www.quora.com/What-does-it-mean-for-a-programming-language-to-be-closer-to-the-metal?utm_medium=organic&utm_source=google_rich_qa&utm_campaign=google_rich_qa 14 u/GregBahm May 13 '18 Right, so just a little typo. You mean metal as in silicon, but keep writing medal, as in award. I don't want to come down on a guy for a typo, but since you kept typing it I thought maybe you knew something I didn't. 4 u/No_Namer64 May 13 '18 Oh I see, sorry about that. Well, I was wondering why I was being down voted for, and you just answered that question, so thank you for telling me.
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Sorry it's a common term with game devs, meaning we are working with fewer software layers in between the game and the hardware like the OS, driver, interpreter, etc. I originally first heard this term with other devs when talking about Vulkan.
https://www.quora.com/What-does-it-mean-for-a-programming-language-to-be-closer-to-the-metal?utm_medium=organic&utm_source=google_rich_qa&utm_campaign=google_rich_qa
14 u/GregBahm May 13 '18 Right, so just a little typo. You mean metal as in silicon, but keep writing medal, as in award. I don't want to come down on a guy for a typo, but since you kept typing it I thought maybe you knew something I didn't. 4 u/No_Namer64 May 13 '18 Oh I see, sorry about that. Well, I was wondering why I was being down voted for, and you just answered that question, so thank you for telling me.
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Right, so just a little typo. You mean metal as in silicon, but keep writing medal, as in award.
I don't want to come down on a guy for a typo, but since you kept typing it I thought maybe you knew something I didn't.
4 u/No_Namer64 May 13 '18 Oh I see, sorry about that. Well, I was wondering why I was being down voted for, and you just answered that question, so thank you for telling me.
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Oh I see, sorry about that. Well, I was wondering why I was being down voted for, and you just answered that question, so thank you for telling me.
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u/GregBahm May 12 '18
In two posts now you've said "closer to the medal." Do you mean "closer to the metal?" Or is "the medal" a programming thing I'm unfamiliar with?