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About that VHDL is a not a programming language, I can understand that it is different from C++/Java/etc., in the sense that it is concurrent, synchronous, etc., but is there something important you need to keep in mind when writing VHDL? For someone new to VHDL and coming from a C++/Java background.
Thank you.
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before even typing 1 letter of VHDL, first think about the circuit you want to create. As VHDL is a description language, not a programming language, you are only ever describing a circuit you already know.
What confuses people is that you can do alot in VHDL that is very C++ like, but actually wont do anything for you when you compile it - alot of this functionality is there only for testing and modelling purposes (for example, I have functions that can read/write bitmap files) but is in no way synthesizable.
If you keep to the first rule - you'll improve your VHDL massivly.
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