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We really need a less ambiguous phrase than bare metal for this, because searching for "Bare Metal Rust" really isn't going to get you the results you want here

by azdle 11y ago

We really need a less ambiguous phrase than bare metal for this, because searching for "Bare Metal Rust" really isn't going to get you the results you want here.

Nadya 11y ago
I searched for "Bare Metal Rust" and got relevant results. "Metal Rust" is an issue though. :)
andrewchambers 11y ago
I think Google partitions people into categories, so if you have searched a bunch of programming related stuff previously, it changes the weighting for the rust programming language.
- bigger_cheese 11y ago
  I'm a metallurgist (materials engineer) who does a decent amount of programing I don't have a hope...
  - baq 11y ago
    OT: does your programming relate to your materials work? what a metallurgist needs programming for? serious question, genuinely interested!
    - bigger_cheese 11y ago
      Yes: I work in an industrial plant, mostly doing numerical simulation work. I work at the smelting end rather than the "real" metallurgy part. My day to day work largely involves maintaining and improving various process models (largely written in C or Fortran) which feed into our operating guidance systems.
Sir_Cmpwn 11y ago
There already is a term: freestanding. A program that can be executed without a runtime or an operating system present. Bare metal refers to software that runs natively on the "bare metal", as opposed to with an interpreter.
rudib 11y ago
Author here, pun totally intended. Sorry. :)
bsder 11y ago
Bare Metal Rust +microcontroller
InclinedPlane 11y ago
I tried a Google search in an incog tab as an experiment, most of the first page results were relevant. Seems like reasonable terminology given that test.
rkangel 11y ago
Even 'Rust' is a bit difficult to google for. Easier than Go, but not that much easier! We need an equivalent convention to golang
- rylee 11y ago
  Well, the website is rust-lang.org, and `rustlang` will get you what you want nearly all the time.

by azdle 11y ago

We really need a less ambiguous phrase than bare metal for this, because searching for "Bare Metal Rust" really isn't going to get you the results you want here.

Nadya 11y ago

I searched for "Bare Metal Rust" and got relevant results. "Metal Rust" is an issue though. :)

andrewchambers 11y ago

I think Google partitions people into categories, so if you have searched a bunch of programming related stuff previously, it changes the weighting for the rust programming language.

bigger_cheese 11y ago
I'm a metallurgist (materials engineer) who does a decent amount of programing I don't have a hope...
- baq 11y ago
  OT: does your programming relate to your materials work? what a metallurgist needs programming for? serious question, genuinely interested!
  - bigger_cheese 11y ago
    Yes: I work in an industrial plant, mostly doing numerical simulation work. I work at the smelting end rather than the "real" metallurgy part. My day to day work largely involves maintaining and improving various process models (largely written in C or Fortran) which feed into our operating guidance systems.

Sir_Cmpwn 11y ago

There already is a term: freestanding. A program that can be executed without a runtime or an operating system present. Bare metal refers to software that runs natively on the "bare metal", as opposed to with an interpreter.

rudib 11y ago

Author here, pun totally intended. Sorry. :)

bsder 11y ago

Bare Metal Rust +microcontroller

InclinedPlane 11y ago

I tried a Google search in an incog tab as an experiment, most of the first page results were relevant. Seems like reasonable terminology given that test.

rkangel 11y ago

Even 'Rust' is a bit difficult to google for. Easier than Go, but not that much easier! We need an equivalent convention to golang

rylee 11y ago
Well, the website is rust-lang.org, and `rustlang` will get you what you want nearly all the time.