D vs. C#

[Bruce Adams]

0ffh Wrote:

> BCS wrote:
> > Reply to 0ffh,
> >> Right now I ain't talking practical anymore. There was a clear
> >> challenge regarding basic truths. Basic truth is: Hardware is
> >> faster... :-P
> > 
> > I agree. But another basic truth is; if it ain't practical, /we/ ain't 
> > go'na get it.  Yet.
> 
> Well, I still have my FPGA kit.... heh! =)
> 
> Regards, Frank

I was going to raise that point. I think FPGAs are still too small, slow and expensive to compete at the moment but perhaps in the future.
Transmeta had a similar idea but they lost to the might of the intel / AMD war. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmeta).
How are you finding your kit? I was thinking about getting some kit a while back. Have you got a D 'compiler' for it or indeed anything that turns higher level code (other than VHDL) directly into hardware?

Regards,

Bruce.