SPIR-V will be a huge boon for everyone and everything I hope, especially given the LLVM support (Haskell or Rust compilers anyone?). But it only augments the compiler step (AFAIK). I've had plenty of bugs in the host-side code before.
And of course, a newer version does not neccesarilly mean that the out-of-date implementations will suddenly become "in-date": if anything they're even more out of date now ;)
And of course, a newer version does not neccesarilly mean that the out-of-date implementations will suddenly become "in-date": if anything they're even more out of date now ;)