Yes, one is easier to write and the other is easier to ship, except for WebGL.
The JS/browser angle has another GPU related parallel here. WebAssembly SIMD is is shipping since a couple of years and like WebGL make the browser platform one of the few portable ways to access this parallel-programming functionality now.
(But functionality is limited to approximately same as the 1999 vintage x86 SSE1)
The JS/browser angle has another GPU related parallel here. WebAssembly SIMD is is shipping since a couple of years and like WebGL make the browser platform one of the few portable ways to access this parallel-programming functionality now.
(But functionality is limited to approximately same as the 1999 vintage x86 SSE1)