Re: [vhdl-200x] Modular types, alternative solutions

From: Ray Andraka, Andraka Consulting Group, Inc <ray@andraka.com>
Date: Wed Oct 29 2014 - 09:12:45 PDT
Speaking from the application side, it is more of a, if the old works 
for what I need to do, then it isn't worth the effort to rock the boat 
to push for something new, especially if that then introduces risks of 
not completely tested tools.  There is nothing worse than spending 
unpaid cycles debugging a vendors tools or libraries.


> The only way to get 64 bits integer support is to have it in the 
> standard. From what I understand very few engineers/companies asked 
> for VHDL2008 and hence the uptake was rather slow. I guess engineers 
> don't appreciate the amount of maintenance their employer is paying or 
> they simply are too busy.....

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