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		ynx 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Windows ML is generally available DirectX carried the games industry forward because there weren't alternatives. OpenGL was lagging, and Vulkan didn't exist yet. I hope everyone moves to Vulkan, but DX was ultimately a net positive.

pjmlp 3 months ago [–]

There were others, there is this urban myth that games consoles used OpenGL and only Windows was the outlier.

Even Mac OS only adopted OpenGL after the OS X reboot, before it was QuickDraw 3D, and Amiga used Warp 3D during its last days.

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