VHDL or Verilog For Learning FPGAs? 301
FlyByPC writes "We're in the first stages of designing a course in programmable devices at the university where I work. The course will most likely be centered around various small projects implemented on an FPGA dev board, using a Xilinx Spartan3-series FPGA. I have a bit of experience working with technologies from 7400-series chips (designing using schematics) to 8-bit microcontrollers to C/C++. FPGAs, though, are new to me (although they look very interesting.) If you were an undergraduate student studying programmable devices (specifically, FPGAs), would you prefer the course be centered on VHDL, Verilog, a little of both, or something else entirely? (...Or is this an eternal, undecidable holy-war question along the lines of ATI/nVidia, AMD/Intel, Coke/Pepsi, etc...?) At this point, I've only seen a little of both languages, so I have no real preference. Any input, especially if you're using one or both in the field, would be very helpful. Thanks, and may all of your K-maps be glitch-free."
You forgot (Score:2, Funny)
You forgot a few:
Linux vs. *BSD
VI vs. EMACS
Gnome vs KDE
etc.
VHDL (Score:1, Funny)
Very Hard Dumb Language
Re:You forgot (Score:2, Funny)
Ford vs. GM eh?
No competition here, they'll both be going into bankruptcy soon.
Re:You forgot (Score:3, Funny)
You forgot a few:
[--]VI vs. EMACS [--]
etc.
No, he didn't forget that. You see, he wrote:
(...Or is this an eternal, undecidable holy-war question along the lines of ATI/nVidia, AMD/Intel, Coke/Pepsi, etc...?)
... and it's quite clear that VI is the winner.