Comment by bgnn

I don't get the VHDL or Verilog hate. Digital IC design engineers have no problem with them. True, most of the industry moved to SystemVerilog, mainly for simulation and verification reasons.

It's the weirdnesses of FPGAs though. You aren't really designing a gate level circuit at the end. I'm not sure Verilog or VHDL are to blame here. Maybe they aren't fit for purpose to begin with. I hate the toolchains too. They got worse (sluggish, more paid IPs etc) in the last 15 years. IC design tools cost A LOT more (like 2-3 orders of magnitude more) comparatively but they just work at least!