In my experience, it's: 1) Less verbose and easier to write, but slightly more "error" prone (think: Java vs. Python). 2) More widely used in industry. VHDL i

In my experience, it's: 1) Less verbose and easier to write, but slightly more "error" prone (think: Java vs. Python). 2) More widely used in industry. VHDL is more heavily used in the defense industry (it came out of DoD). 3) Better support for verification (e.g., SystemVerilog).