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expand Vulkan Profiles chapter with clarification on backward compatibility and enhanced initialization guidance.
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chapters/vulkan_profiles.adoc

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* Provides clear temporal context for each profile
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* Allows for the creation of new profiles that reflect evolving hardware capabilities
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* Maintains backward compatibility, as older profiles remain valid even as new ones are introduced
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* Maintains backward compatibility, as older profiles remain valid even as
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new ones are introduced. This is a feature of the design of the profiles,
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yet sometimes, there are rare instances where the older profiles are updated
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due to newly released hardware.
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When a new yearly profile is released, it typically includes all the capabilities of the previous year's profile plus additional features and possibly higher limits, reflecting the advancement of hardware capabilities.
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== Using Vulkan Profiles
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There are two main ways to use Vulkan Profiles:
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There are two main ways to use Vulkan Profiles to initialize a Vulkan application:
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=== 1. Using the Vulkan Profiles header
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