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Just to be clear, I’m not trying to put down Clash. I disagree with your statement about it being an alternative to Verilog or VHDL. It’s like saying Java is dead because Scala exists.

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Java and Scala are at about the same level of what you can do with both. Clash isn't really at the same level as VHDL or Verilog. You are right that it still compiles down to VHDL or Verilog but that doesn't mean anything. Haskell also compiles down to machine code. Does that mean you might as well write machine code? Of course not.

What's your point that there are other languages that compile down to Verilog? I have tried some of them and most of them try to shoehorn a software language into digital design which doesn't fit.

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