Sequential execution isn't necessarily inherent. C++, Smalltalk, VHDL and others share Simula as a common ancestor. Simula had elements of concurrency and eve

Sequential execution isn't necessarily inherent. C++, Smalltalk, VHDL and others share Simula as a common ancestor. Simula had elements of concurrency and event driven simulation in it. One could envisage an object oriented language, such as C++ or Smalltalk being extended to allow objects to execute in parallel and communicate via methods. Maybe every object would be derived from a root object that fundamentally supports concurrency? I'm not saying that such languages currently exist, but I do think they will come into being, as programming comes to grips with multicore CPUs. It will be essentially HDL synthesis, with the synthesiser/compiler being smart enough to hide all scheduling issues from the user. As someone with a foot in both camps, I'm not happy that I have to choose early in the design process whether to run my code on a CPU or FPGA.