VHDL is popular in Europe and the US East Coast. Verilog is king on the West Coast. An an EE who was schooled in VHDL, gave VHDL classes to new hires and was c

VHDL is popular in Europe and the US East Coast. Verilog is king on the West Coast. An an EE who was schooled in VHDL, gave VHDL classes to new hires and was conditioned to look down on Verilog: after moving from Europe to the East Coast and then the West Coast, I eventually saw the error of my ways and I'm very happy to not have to deal with VHDL anymore. And for the open source crowd: there is a much large body of decent quality open source Verilog tools than there is for VHDL. So as a hobbyist, it's really a nobrainer.