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High-Level Shader Language (HLSL) is a C-like language used with DirectX to write programmable shaders (vertex, pixel, and compute) for use in a Direct3D renderer. You can program the entire graphics pipeline and even implement compute tasks such as physics simulations in HLSL, though some compute workloads may perform better with DirectML. Microsoft provides guides and references for HLSL, including shader programming guides, references, and shader model/version histories.
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