savel@hoss.unl.edu (Bharat P. Savel) (11/29/90)
at a time when a call for the votes for the VHDL is being called, it's just a matter of time a newsgroup for the other VHDL-users will be called; (er.... 2 of them exist in the market; same name different companies); to avoid ambiguities in the future, please differentiate the vhdl my their company name; like comp.lang.vhdl(I) for the Intermetrics and (C) for Cadence; took me a minute to find out which newsgroup was being called for; also in future all headings need to mention which VHDL is being discussed; -savel -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bharat P. Savel EE Dept. e-mail : savel@engde001.unl.edu Univ of Nebraska-Lincoln Ph : (402) 477-9857
tom@srl.mew.mei.co.jp (Tom Borgstrom) (11/29/90)
In article <1990Nov28.225223.12307@hoss.unl.edu> savel@hoss.unl.edu (Bharat P. Savel) writes:
at a time when a call for the votes for the VHDL is being called, it's
just a matter of time a newsgroup for the other VHDL-users will be called;
(er.... 2 of them exist in the market; same name different companies); to
avoid ambiguities in the future, please differentiate the vhdl my their
company name; like comp.lang.vhdl(I) for the Intermetrics and (C) for
Cadence; took me a minute to find out which newsgroup was being called
for; also in future all headings need to mention which VHDL is being
discussed;
The newsgroup in question is for discussions related to IEEE Standard 1076
VHDL (VHSIC Hardware Description Language). The other popular HDL,
originally from Cadence, is called Verilog. I think it is a better to
follow common usage and refer to IEEE-1076 as "VHDL" and the other language
simply as "Verilog".
--tom
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1048 Kadoma, Osaka 571 Japan keith@mips.COM (Keith Garrett) (11/30/90)
In article <1990Nov28.225223.12307@hoss.unl.edu> savel@hoss.unl.edu (Bharat P. Savel) writes: > >at a time when a call for the votes for the VHDL is being called, it's >just a matter of time a newsgroup for the other VHDL-users will be called; >(er.... 2 of them exist in the market; same name different companies); to >avoid ambiguities in the future, please differentiate the vhdl my their >company name; like comp.lang.vhdl(I) for the Intermetrics and (C) for >Cadence; took me a minute to find out which newsgroup was being called >for; also in future all headings need to mention which VHDL is being >discussed; how about vhdl for the DARPA VHSIC language and vehdl for cadence verilog? -- Keith Garrett "This is *MY* opinion, OBVIOUSLY" Mips Computer Systems, 930 Arques Ave, Sunnyvale, Ca. 94086 (408) 524-8110 keith@mips.com or {ames,decwrl,prls}!mips!keith
ejmag@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu (Eric J. Magnusson) (12/01/90)
In article <43655@mips.mips.COM> keith@mips.COM (Keith Garrett) writes: >In article <1990Nov28.225223.12307@hoss.unl.edu> savel@hoss.unl.edu (Bharat P. Savel) writes: >> >>at a time when a call for the votes for the VHDL is being called, it's >>just a matter of time a newsgroup for the other VHDL-users will be called; >>(er.... 2 of them exist in the market; same name different companies); to >>avoid ambiguities in the future, please differentiate the vhdl my their >>company name; like comp.lang.vhdl(I) for the Intermetrics and (C) for >>Cadence; took me a minute to find out which newsgroup was being called >>for; also in future all headings need to mention which VHDL is being >>discussed; > >how about vhdl for the DARPA VHSIC language and vehdl for cadence verilog? >-- Let's not be too exclusive. I've read that Cadence will be supporting 1076 VHDL soon. What about Vantage VHDL, ZyCad VHDL (now Synopsys VHDL). There is also GenRad HDL (GHDL), which isn't compatible with anything. If Mr. Savel gets his way, maybe we can have the following newsgroups(s): comp.lang.vhdl.intermetrics comp.lang.vhdl.cadence.verilog comp.lang.vhdl.cadence.vhdl comp.lang.vhdl.darpa comp.lang.vhdl.vantage comp.lang.vhdl.zycad comp.lang.vhdl.synopsys comp.lang.ghdl.genrad comp.lang.vhdl.turbovhdl comp.lang.vhdl.quickvhdl comp.lang.vhdl.joes_bar_&_grill_vhdl comp.lang.vhdl.vhdl123 comp.lang.vhdl.VhdlPerfect and last but hopefully not least comp.lang.vhdl.DoD comp.lang.vhdl.ieee1076 I hope I haven't left anybody out. If so, I'd be glad to add to the list! :-) -Eric Magnusson ejmag@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu
baeder@shamu.cadence.com (D. Scott Baeder; x6299) (12/05/90)
In article <1990Nov28.225223.12307@hoss.unl.edu>, savel@hoss.unl.edu (Bharat P. Savel) writes: |> company name; like comp.lang.vhdl(I) for the Intermetrics and (C) for |> Cadence; took me a minute to find out which newsgroup was being called While I guess you could contract down VERILOG HDL to VHDL, that isn't the point. VHDL is the goverment sponsered effort, and verilog is verilog. Scott #include <std/disclaimer>
ejmag@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu (Eric J. Magnusson) (12/06/90)
In article <1990Dec4.201808.6809@cadence.com> baeder@cadence.com writes: >In article <1990Nov28.225223.12307@hoss.unl.edu>, savel@hoss.unl.edu (Bharat P. Savel) writes: > >|> company name; like comp.lang.vhdl(I) for the Intermetrics and (C) for >|> Cadence; took me a minute to find out which newsgroup was being called > >While I guess you could contract down VERILOG HDL to VHDL, that isn't >the point. VHDL is the goverment sponsered effort, and verilog is verilog. > Last I heard, VHDL is international (IEEE 1076), and Verilog is public domain. Eric