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they’ve written a custom GPU framework to achieve the performance the level of performance they have. it’s currently only compatible with macos, but is being ported to other operating systems.

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How much GPU performance do you need for text?

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For sure. If 32-year-old vim can handle multi-GB files smoothly, you don’t need a GPU.

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I remember when we ran text editors on a turnip. It wasn’t much but we were happy.

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Why in the world wouldn’t you just use Vulkan? Then it would still be portable to other platforms with probably still good performance, no?

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vulkan is a graphics api, not a framework. their framework is using vulkan.

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If their framework is using Vulkan, why is it not compatible with anything but MacOS? Isn’t the point of Vulkan that it’s cross platform?

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This is wrong. Their framework uses metal, which is an apple only graphics API.

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