perhaps mkoubba meant “closer to the metal” than the average programming languag...

		sgerenser on Nov 20, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Inside boost::unordered_flat_map perhaps mkoubba meant “closer to the metal” than the average programming language, like, say Swift or even C#, not “closer to the metal” than C++. Otherwise it the comment makes little sense, as I would not even consider Rust “closer to the metal” than C++. Maybe C or x86 Assembly?

Yes precisely. Closer than the average