"I often see folks complain/express confusion about shading languages.. " The confusion already starts with the name. Historically shading languages had the pu

"I often see folks complain/express confusion about shading languages.. " The confusion already starts with the name. Historically shading languages had the purpose once to calculate shades - but otherwise there are no shades and more correct and helpful would be just "GPU language". As yes, it is very different than writing something for a CPU.