SV: Re: [sdiy] Xilinx 3E webpack and its gotcha's!

[Eric Brombaugh]

Magnus Danielson wrote:
> I have somehow been given the impression that Verilog is strong in the USA and
> VHDL is strong in Europe. Assuming that this is fairly "right", one may
> experience one of them as being more common.
>   

I've heard this too and it strikes me as odd considering that VHDL was 
developed under a US Gov't DARPA contract *. So much for parochialism.

BTW - sorry for bringing up this old canard. The "your programming 
language vs my programming language" argument is probably older than 
computers and does very little to advance understanding. Personally, 
although I don't use VHDL, I believe that competition between similar 
solutions strengthens both. As Jim said, these days the end result is 
the same so it boils down to what the individual prefers.

Eric

* see: http://www.cs.bilkent.edu.tr/~baray/cs224/VRLG95A.htm