Re: cleaning up 1364-2001

From: Stefen Boyd (stefen@boyd.com)
Date: Wed Jan 15 2003 - 15:07:58 PST

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    >From: Dennis Brophy <dennisb@Model.com>
    >To: "'Shalom.Bresticker@motorola.com'" <Shalom.Bresticker@motorola.com>
    >Cc: "'etf@boyd.com'" <etf@boyd.com>
    >Subject: Re: cleaning up 1364-2001
    >Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 11:37:24 -0800
    >
    >Shalom,
    >
    > It may be a pity that there are no reference simulators anymore, but if
    >you want to see how one simulator handles @(*) and generate, it is available
    >in ModelSim. :)
    >
    >-Dennis
    >
    >(See http://www.model.com/products/verilog_ad/verilog_2001.asp)
    >
    >-----Original Message-----
    >Sorry to "beat a dead horse", but I find it difficult to accept the
    >argument that developers and users know what the correct meaning of what
    >is written in the LRM. We have quite a few issues in which we have not
    >even been able to agree among ourselves what is the correct
    >interpretation. We still don't know how generates are supposed to work.
    > Heck, we haven't even been able to agree whether spaces are allowed in
    >@(*) ! (Looks like a curse...)
    >
    >
    >Gone are the days in which there was a "golden reference
    >simulator" (Verilog-XL) which was already mature when the standard came
    >out. (Even then, it was only good if you had a license for it.)
    >
    >
    >Also gone are the days in which a simulator came with its own LRM.
    >Today it just points to IEEE 1364-2001.
    >
    >
    >
    >
    >--
    >Shalom Bresticker Shalom.Bresticker@motorola.com
    >Design & Reuse Methodology Tel: +972 9 9522268
    >Motorola Semiconductor Israel, Ltd. Fax: +972 9 9522890
    >POB 2208, Herzlia 46120, ISRAEL Cell: +972 50 441478
    >"The devil is in the details."
    >
    >
    >

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