Does anyone still do design in (Xilinx)ABEL or (Altera) AHDL

[modelsim62c]

Are both ABEL and AHDL "dead" languages?

I'm just wondering, because Xilinx tools still support ABEL, and Altera tools still support AHDL.

 

[lschirm4]

Re: Does anyone still do design in (Xilinx)ABEL or (Altera)

Yes, we still use it once in a while for supporting small, legacy designs. But its simulators were always awful, so we've been migrating to VHDL for blow-and-go, or better tools if we need to simulate first on bigger projects.

I'm trying to find a decent Abel to VHDL conversion process now.

lschirm4

 

[dmk]

Re: Does anyone still do design in (Xilinx)ABEL or (Altera)

Yes, we do use ABEL yet. It is simplier to understand and defind a PLD designs without timing, implementation and technology-independent designs.