I'm not sure where you got the impression I'm against graphical tools, e.g. FlowCharts, HIPO charts, etc, for software, though I'm not a big GUI fan. I do like IDE's, though, so I don't have to switch environment between assembler, editor, linker, and simulator.

I like schematics, and, most importantly, block diagrams, often at several levels, because my clients like 'em WAY better than reams of HDL listings.

I have problems with VHDL because you can't specify some things with the most widely used data type. This means you have to add type conversion calls to the code where you want to specify things in decimal. That often makes the listings quite murky. I'd prefer to keep it simple.

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