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Are you referring to a new DSL based on software languages, something like MyHDL? I think this is definitely promising for designs that are started from scratch. However, as soon as there is need to integrate with other legacy code, it falls back to the current painful way of manual integration.

What do you think about an IDE that supplements existing HDL languages? Not as drastic as making a shiny new language, but it avoids many challenges you brought up.

Since you are coming from a CS background, do you have recommendation for good IDE frameworks that can be leveraged?