Re: Review draft of Verilog-200x survey form

From: Shalom Bresticker (Shalom.Bresticker@motorola.com)
Date: Sat Jul 26 2003 - 23:09:49 PDT

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    I just looked at it very quickly for now.
    I hope to look at it more closely before the meeting.

    Overall it looks very nice.
    I have a few comments.

    One is that some of the items don't lend themselves to a grading of "would use"/"would
    not use",
    but more like "for"/"against". Especially those in section 9. For example, "extensive
    rewrite of LRM".
    (Personally, I find it useful that the 1364 standard organization and wording closely
    corresponds
    to its source, the Cadence Verilog-XL LRM. I sometimes compare between the documents and
    it is often useful.
    In fact, I have such a need today.)

    Probably there should also be room for comments on each specific item.
    Or add an additional sheet at the end where the user could add all his comments.

    Finally, an additional way to get inputs would be to try to circulate the form within
    the user communities
    of companies, at least those known to have large user communities. For example, I could
    circulate the form
    within Motorola. This may raise a problem of how to select those companies and how to
    circulate them.
    It also might unduly bias the results in favor of a certain community. This could leave
    us open to complaints
    about lack of openness. Still, it could be a way to get much
    more response. In that case, the form should be available in an editable online format
    and emailed to a
    response address.

    Finally, the form should allow the option for a user to write his name and email to
    allow further contact
    with him in the future, for more detailed discussion. (It would also help identify
    disproportionate representation
    of a particular community.)

    Thanks,
    Shalom

    Stuart Sutherland wrote:

    > All,
    >
    > Kurt Baty, Jay Lawrence, Tom Fitzpatrick and myself (Stu Sutherland) were
    > assigned the task of coming up with a user-input survey form that could be
    > used at SNUG, ICU and possibly other upcoming conferences where there will
    > be large numbers of Verilog users. The attached PDF file has the survey we
    > have devised. We would like to get feedback from the BTF on this survey
    > form during the conference call this Monday, July 28th. Please take a
    > moment to review the form prior to the meeting.
    >
    > Stu
    >
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