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		pjmlp 39 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Shipping WebGPU on Windows in Firefox 141 Writing engines predates OpenGL, it has always been more a FOSS culture thing to think OpenGL exists everywhere due to its UNIX origins.

zamadatix 38 days ago [–]

Sure, OpenGL wasn't even the first 3D API from SGI. I don't think what is first or whether something was universal was as relevant as what was happening during the era OpenGL was being developed.

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