[zozbot234]

SYCL is the de facto successor to OpenCL that supports higher level languages. So the vision was and is there.

[pjmlp]

As mentioned, Khronos only changed their mind when it was too late.

I can also recite the whole story, the missteps in OpenCL 2. , OpenCL C++, the OpenCL 3.0 reboot, how SYCL came to, CodePlay only proper available implementation, Intel acquisition of CodePlay and everything else.