Without weighing in on exactly if it is or isn't a "language", I think VHDL/verilog absolutely have a place in the list and are a fantastic thing for (some, par

Without weighing in on exactly if it is or isn't a "language", I think VHDL/verilog absolutely have a place in the list and are a fantastic thing for (some, particularly lower-level interested) programmers to learn precisely because it's such a different way of thinking about programming and huge piles of heterogeneous behavior happening concurrently. It really cooked my head for the first week or two and I think I came out the other side better. (I hated writing VHDL with a passion. It was painful medicine for a software person used to algol-style languages. But I'm really glad I did.)