The OGL pipeline currently plays it safe when it comes to enabling and disabling
GL_TEXTURE_2D state. For every operation that uses texturing, we have code like
this:
    glEnable(GL_TEXTURE_2D);
    ...
    // draw texture mapped quad
    glDisable(GL_TEXTURE_2D);

Obviously this results in unnecessary (and expensive) state changes, especially
when there are many consecutive texture-based operations. This is a common case
in Swing apps, where much of the time is spent rendering text and small icons,
both of which are texture-based operations.
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