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No really. 4.3 made ES a true subset. As in you cannot write a spec conformant ES3.0+ software that would not run in GL4.3+ implementation.

This was very intentional by Khronos so they could bring the two closer together. In ES2.0 days what you said would have been true, as ES2.0 had some annoying differences especially on shader side, but it’s been 8 years since 4.3 came out.




> but it’s been 8 years since 4.3 came out.

but macOS will never support anything past 4.1 so for cross-platform dev you cannot rely on that


And yet OpenGL 3.3 is still what most would advise on GL forums regarding best market distribution on consumer hardware.

Which is why it is the chosen version for GL on Vulkan and GL on DirectX ongoing projects.




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