fpga: choosing c++ to program fpga

Question

I keep hearing mostly from electrical engineers that C is used for fpga work.

What about C++? Are there any disadvantages to using C++? I would think that the parallelism desired when programming for hardware would be better served by C++ more than C, no?

Also what do I use after that to make compatible c++ with the hardware?

Answer 1

I'm pretty sure that FPGAs are programmed either in VHDL or Verilog.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vhdl

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verilog

I know that Altera also offers some C to HDL translators. I doubt that they are usable for anything but tiny designs though.