title: Can you program FPGAs in C-like languages?
body: <p>At university I programmed a FPGA in a C-like language. However, I also know that one usually programs FPGAs in Verilog or VHDL. Is this a designer choice? If so, what are the performance drawbacks?</p>
  
  <p>I would ideally like to program the FPGA in a C-like language, rather than VHDL.</p>
  
  <p>I was thinking of getting an Xilinx Virtex-5 if it makes any difference?</p>