I didn't state my point clearly. My point was not that GPUs give some new capability to HLLs, but that GLSL itself is higher level for a restricted domain than

I didn't state my point clearly. My point was not that GPUs give some new capability to HLLs, but that GLSL itself is higher level for a restricted domain than what is afforded by a general purpose processor ... and, owing to their specialization, GPUs are faster than normal CPUs. FPGAs blur what it means to "run a HLL", since you can optimize the circuitry to a point where there is no explicit representation of the "code" or "microcode" anywhere so the question becomes pointless. Heck even what part of physics is used is blurred! [1,2] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolvable_hardware https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolvable_hardware (Ref: Adrian Thompson's work) [2] http://www.damninteresting.com/on-the-origin-of-circuits/ http://www.damninteresting.com/on-the-origin-of-circuits/