the last part above is not clear. the code referred to as "kernel code" is actually code that runs on the client to invoke the kernel. opencl uses a library a

the last part above is not clear. the code referred to as "kernel code" is actually code that runs on the client to invoke the kernel. opencl uses a library api, which cuda takes a dsl approach. so opencl is more verbose. as far as i know, the actual kernel code (which describes what happens on the gpu) is pretty similar.