The OpenGL state machine is a giant set of hidden global data structures that you manipulate through opaque API calls. It's not very friendly, IMO. My hope is t

The OpenGL state machine is a giant set of hidden global data structures that you manipulate through opaque API calls. It's not very friendly, IMO. My hope is that with stable low-level APIs available, we can build new high-level APIs on top. Historically, it's been a slow process to move to a newer graphics API, because you need to wait for all the hardware venders to implement it. Building that high-level API in userland means that basic quality-of-life improvements don't have to wait for hardware vendors to write new drivers.