RE: [vhdl-200x] open LRM issues

First, I am not interested in leading it.

One could look at the roster of ISAC from the past. It was made up of a
dedicated group of VHDL experts, compiler and language design, including
the LRM editor, who had admirable, special skills. A number of them
came from the major EDA vendors. Chuck Swart (aka Nick Fury) was the
chair for many years and, of note, he tried unsuccessfully a number of
time to convene the group last year. It is a somewhat thankless, yet
heroic job to analyze the LRM and find all the relevant sections that
contribute to resolving these issues, describe the pros/cons, and write
the LRM LCS associated with the interpretation. It was the necessary
kind of work to be clear that an issue was resolved in reasonable and
auditable manner. The interpretations were relied on and incorporated
into a future LRM revision cleanly or it was easy to figure out what the
flaw was in the interpretation and correct it.

I am sure I made the work sound more glamorous than it is. It is fair
to say that none of the former ISAC have passed on, but they all appear
to have moved on. It will take a real diplomatic mission to get these
Avengers assembled again! (Apologies to Stan Lee and Marvel comics)

Regards, John

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From: owner-vhdl-200x@eda.org [mailto:owner-vhdl-200x@eda.org] On Behalf
Of Evan Lavelle
Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2012 1:24 AM
To: vhdl-200x@eda.org
Subject: Re: [vhdl-200x] open LRM issues

What about the people who were on ISAC? Are they still around? What do
they think?

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