>HDL can be referred to as code. No, it can't. That's why the caps are there and I'm sticking to it. You basically justified it ;) Code is something that you

>HDL can be referred to as code. No, it can't. That's why the caps are there and I'm sticking to it. You basically justified it ;) Code is something that you design to run sequentially. HDL is a description of gates and logic that runs all at the same time. If you wanted to argue that the bitstream is firmware - that's a tougher discussion.