th@teda.UUCP (Tivonne Ha) (03/19/91)
I would appreciate your help in answering this question: I'm in charge of developing a software to interface from our shematic capture database to put out a VHDL design description. People here at my workplace would ask me occasionally: "Is there a specific version of VHDL that we support?" To my knowledge, there's no VHDL version at all. I always refer to the IEEE std 1076-1987 LRM as the point of reference. Am i correct in saying no version? If not, could you then tell me what is the latest version of VHDL that the industry normally would refer to? Thanks in advance, Tivonne -- Tivonne Ha UUCP: ...!{decwrl,sun}!teda!th Teradyne EDA, Inc. -- 5155 Old Ironsides Drive, Santa Clara, Ca 95054 Aste'rix: "Je suis las, las, las..." Obe'lix (a` Ide'fix): "Mais qu'est-ce-que c,a veut dire: 'Je suis la la la???'"
davidb@inmet.inmet.com (03/20/91)
/* Written 4:35 pm Mar 18, 1991 by th@teda.UUCP in inmet:comp.lang.vhdl */ >I would appreciate your help in answering this question: I'm in charge >of developing a software to interface from our shematic capture >database to put out a VHDL design description. People here at my >workplace would ask me occasionally: "Is there a specific version of >VHDL that we support?" >To my knowledge, there's no VHDL version at all. I always refer to >the IEEE std 1076-1987 LRM as the point of reference. Am i correct in >saying no version? If not, could you then tell me what is the latest >version of VHDL that the industry normally would refer to? You are correct, technically. This does not keep people from mixing implementations and the language. Usually, I have found that people talking about a "version" of VHDL are referring to a specific implementation, or a version of an implementation. This is especially important (to them) if they have a subset implementation; then, if your tool uses parts of the language that their tool does not implement, they are in trouble. I have found the best answer is simply to ask what they mean, or what they consider to be a version. They may think you are somewhat dumb, but this is better than miscommunication. Dave Barton barton@i2wash.com