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Originally introduced as an extension to OpenGL 1.4, GLSL was formally included into the OpenGL 2.0 core in 2004 by the OpenGL ARB. It was the first major revision to OpenGL since the creation of OpenGL 1.0 in 1992. Some benefits of using GLSL are: Cross-platform compatibility on multiple operating systems, including Linux, macOS and Windows.
The first shader-capable GPUs only supported pixel shading, but vertex shaders were quickly introduced once developers realized the power of shaders. The first video card with a programmable pixel shader was the Nvidia GeForce 3 (NV20), released in 2001. [ 3 ]
The High-Level Shader Language [1] or High-Level Shading Language [2] (HLSL) is a proprietary shading language developed by Microsoft for the Direct3D 9 API to augment the shader assembly language, and went on to become the required shading language for the unified shader model of Direct3D 10 and higher.
Ship Breaker is a 2010 young adult novel by Paolo Bacigalupi set in a post-apocalyptic future. Human civilization is in decline for ecological reasons. The polar ice caps have melted and New Orleans is underwater.
Paolo Macchiarini (born 22 August 1958) [1] [2] is a thoracic surgeon and former regenerative medicine researcher who became known for research fraud and manipulative behavior. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] He was convicted of research-related crimes in Italy and Sweden.
Paoli in 2012. Arturo Paoli (30 November 1912 – 13 July 2015) was an Italian priest and missionary.He was a member of the Little Brothers of the Gospel congregation. Paoli helped save Jewish Italians during World War II.