[Oberon] Non Oberon code in Oberon / collateral question

[Chris Burrows]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Oberon [mailto:oberon-bounces at lists.inf.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of
> Walter Gallegos
> Sent: Wednesday, 20 January 2016 1:36 PM
> To: oberon at lists.inf.ethz.ch
> Subject: Re: [Oberon] Non Oberon code in Oberon / collateral question
> 
> I'm curious, why if most in this mail list use Oberon for software
> try Verilog for hardware descriptions ?
> VHDL is by far more aligned with Pascal, and successors, than
> Verilog.
> 

For me the reasons are:

1. The HDL files in Project Oberon 2013 are 100% Verilog code.

2. Wirth's Oberon-like Lola-2 HDL that runs on Project Oberon 2013 language
generates Verilog code:

http://people.inf.ethz.ch/wirth/Lola/index.html

If needed a VHDL that was more aligned with Pascal, and its successors then
I would use Lola-2 as it is more like Oberon.
 
3. I had no previous experience with an HDL before I started on
ProjectOberon 2013.