I didn&#x27;t state my point clearly. My point was not that GPUs give some new capability to HLLs, but that GLSL itself is higher level for a restricted domain than what is afforded by a general purpose processor ... and, owing to their specialization, GPUs are faster than normal CPUs.<p>FPGAs blur what it means to &quot;run a HLL&quot;, since you can optimize the circuitry to a point where there is no explicit representation of the &quot;code&quot; or &quot;microcode&quot; anywhere so the question becomes pointless. Heck even what part of <i>physics</i> is used is blurred! [1,2]<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Evolvable_hardware" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Evolvable_hardware</a> (Ref: Adrian Thompson&#x27;s work)<p>[2] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.damninteresting.com&#x2F;on-the-origin-of-circuits&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.damninteresting.com&#x2F;on-the-origin-of-circuits&#x2F;</a>