Re: gEDA-user: C++ HDL

[Joerg <joergsch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

al davis wrote:
> On Monday 11 May 2009, Joerg wrote:
>> I just hope universities don't rely on that route alone when
>> teaching RF design.
> 
> Why not?  It's no worse than some of the other choices they 
> make, including some that you vigorously defend.
> 

Like what?


> Considering how much proprietary stuff they rely on, and by 
> doing so they reject real opportunities for learning, System-C 
> as a sole way to teach a particular part of the curriculum seems 
> rather benign.
> 

It's ok as long as they don't neglect real HW design and testing, with 
solder irons and all. I have found younger candidates to be seriously 
lacking in that respect. There comes a time when us older guys can't 
help them anymore. The topper was a professor at my university who said 
that soon everything will be ICs, that transistors and most of that 
discrete stuff would go away. I burst into laughter in the auditorium, a 
bit embarrassing ...

-- 
Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com/



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