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VHDL springs off of Ada (not an acronym, no need to shout or to bring in the Americans with Disabilities Act into a discussion on programming) syntax, but not its semantics (or, its not a continuation of Ada semantics, it does borrow some of them).

PL/SQL (I've never used it) also borrows from Ada's syntax, but not its semantics in any comprehensive sense. This sort of thing was deliberate, similar to how Verilog borrows from C's syntax, or Java apes C's syntax, or JavaScript apes Java's (and C, indirectly). The goal was to extend something familiar with new semantics.

parent Jtsummers 4 years ago

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