[machiavelli1024]

Engineers: we can do X and finish in two weeks, or we can take a shortcut and finish in one week, but the code will be tightly coupled to this particular quirk of OpenGL.

Manager: take the shortcut :)

... repeat this for 15 years ...

[alxlaz]

What particular quirk of OpenGL does Alias depend on?

[caspper69]

Well, according to Apple, existing.