Communicating on extensions to the Verilog language will not come to an end any time soon

From: Alec Stanculescu (alec@fintronic.com)
Date: Fri Jul 02 2004 - 10:35:50 PDT

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    Daryl,

    I do not agree that we will have to quiet down. On the
    contrary. Actually, all we need in order to have a pleasant and
    constructive exchange of ideas is a reflector. All we need in order
    for our ideas to have an impact on the actual standardization process
    for Verilog is to participate in an organization that is part of the
    standardization process.

    The important facts are:

    1. Verilog is the most widely used hardware description language
    today.
    2. An extremely large number of useful extensions are relatively
    clearly specified, but not yet implemented.
    3. Most EDA companies have expressed interest in implementing at least
    some if not all the extension features that are currently described in
    various places.
    4. Most EDA companies have tight budgets and would not want to embark
    on a wild goose chase and implement features that are not perfectly
    specified and agreed upon by a majority of EDA vendors and users.
    5. Due to active and efficient lobbying by interested parties, the IEEE
    has chosen to re-organize how the future standardization of Verilog
    shall proceed.
    6. There are several forums where interested parties can participate
    in this process. Some of us will participate in several such forums.
    7. Many EDA companies, as well as companies using EDA tools will join
    most of these forums, so I am sure that we will have many more chances
    to communicate.

    The only true danger resulting from the current changes is that the majority of
    the DASC-SC members have had little or no experience with Verilog and
    may not appreciate appropriately all the work in progress. As a result,
    there is some risk that a lot of work in progress may be lost. I am
    sure that efforts will be made to prevent this from happening.

    Best regards,

    Alec

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