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0 pointsDiabloD34mo ago0 comments

I'm not killing it, but there is no C API written verbatim. WebGL was fucky because it was a specific version of GLES that never changed and you couldn't actually do GL extensions; it was a hybrid of 2.0 and 3.0 and some extra non-core/ARB extensions.

WebGPU is trying to not repeat this mistake, but it isn't a 100% 1:1 translation for Vulkan, so everyone is going to need to agree to how the C API looks, and you know damned well Google is going to fuck this up for everyone and any attempt is going to die.

Chrome is the cancer killing desktop computing.

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pjmlp4mo ago

And Web, because nowadays when people complain about standards, they mean something that only Chrome or Electron crap does.

reactordev4mo ago

So use dawn.

The problem is the same as it was 20 years ago. There’s 2 proprietary API’s and then there’s the “open” one.

I’m sick of having to write code that needs to know the difference. There’s only a need for a Render Pass, a Texture handle, a Shader program, and Buffer memory. The rest is implementation spaghetti.

I know the point you’re making but you’re talking to the wrong person about it. I know all the history. I wish for a simpler world where a WebGPU like API exists for all platforms. I’m working on making that happen. Don’t distract.

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