Real programmers don't write applications programs; they program right down to the bare metal. Applications programming is for wimps who can't do systems programming.
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Bare metal
Synonyms for "bare metal" (2 found)
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Noun(1 words)
uncoated metal
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Adjective(1 words)
untreated metal
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After all, this isn't PC Week, or another magazine that primarily covers the happenings of the PC world. This is Embedded Systems Programming, where we often program right down to the bare metal like Real Programmers, unlike those sissy PC guys (insert the sound of a hairy chest being thumped here).
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Which has its pluses and minuses—it's really hard to write device drivers for bare metal in a completely type-safe language just because the levels of abstraction are wrong for talking to the bare metal.
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Compared to other modern languages, C is much less forgiving, much more terse, and generally much more ill tempered. However, it is about as close to programming on the bare metal as you can get while still using a well-supported language with good library support for everything from numeric calculations to graphics.
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