[Magic-dev] Dumb Newbie question (a.k.a. digital design flows)

[Leandro Marsó]

> I assume that since digital flows are used to build microprocessors,
> the software tools to manage the flows are highly valued, very lucrative,
> and therefore are rarely to be found in the public domain.
And what is your opinion about describing circuits using functional
languages like Haskell?
I'm starting to study it, so I can't tell you much now, but there is a
interesting site that addresses the subject:
http://www.funhdl.org (Functional HDL)
they are developing atom, a Hardware Description Language embeded in haskell.
There is also a similar system called Lava where you could describe
your circuit and then get a verilog output for xilinx fpga or
"generic" verilog.

Regards,
Leandro