Even Apple named their API Metal in reference to existing phrases like "running close to the metal" back in 2014 and even then it raised some eyebrows in my opi

Even Apple named their API Metal in reference to existing phrases like "running close to the metal" back in 2014 and even then it raised some eyebrows in my opinion, but that usage is still miles better than basically saying you're running a program normally. Since when absence of virtualization requires articles to be written about?