title: why are all the opengl enums hexadecimal?
body: <p>why are all the opengl enums hexidecimal?</p>
  
  <p>example: </p>
  
  <pre><code>GL_MAX_VERTEX_UNIFORM_COMPONENTS = 0x8B4A
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  <p>The enums are used as parameters in GL functions. So my question is, why are all the parameters hexidecimal ?</p>