How to master SKILL language ?

[eng_semi]

Hi all,

I am reading now in the SKILL user guide, by cadence, but I think that
this reference is enough as an introduction to SKILL.

Is there any references which discuss more advanced topics for SKILL
language ?

Thanks in advance

 

[Svenn Are Bjerkem]

In article <EJednbC_Is-tIIneRVn_vA@giganews.com>,
eng.mohammad.samir@gmail-dot-com.no-spam.invalid says...

I am reading now in the SKILL user guide, by cadence, but I think that
this reference is enough as an introduction to SKILL.

Is there any references which discuss more advanced topics for SKILL
language ?

As SKILL is the glue that keeps Cadence together every manual would be a
SKILL reference on topics related to its use. Do a
$> find $CDS_INST_DIR/doc -name '*.pdf'
and you will find more documentation than you ever asked for.

Following wise words have been told before:

SKILL is well documented.
Learning SKILL is easy.
You can find a lot of references in comp.cad.cadence searching for:
"SKILL tutorial"

In summary, these are excellent SKILL references for a beginner:
- SKILL Language User Guide
- SKILL Language Reference

Once you write a few programs, branch out to the applications:
- DFII SKILL Functions
- Development SKILL Functions
- User Interface SKILL Functions
- Schematic Composer SKILL Functions
- Layout Virtuoso SKILL Functions
- Techfile & Display Resources SKILL Functions
- Floorplanning SKILL Functions
- Analog Artist SKILL Functions
- Open Simulation System Reference
- IPC SKILL Functions
- SKILL++ Object Oriented Programming
- Cadence Application Infrastructure User Guide
- Component Description Format (CDF) User Guide
--
Svenn

 

[Diva Physical Verificatio]

On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 15:10:24 -0500,
eng.mohammad.samir@gmail-dot-com.no-spam.invalid (eng_semi) wrote:

Hi all,

I am reading now in the SKILL user guide, by cadence, but I think that
this reference is enough as an introduction to SKILL.

Is there any references which discuss more advanced topics for SKILL
language ?

Thanks in advance

Get a book on Lisp. SKILL is just Lisp with some C-like extension in the
parser.

 

[Junhua Mao]

Skill is from Scheme (or Lisp), and the thinking of Lisp is different from
C-like language, You could write skill in C-like style syntax, but you could
do better program if you did in Lisp thinking.

"Diva Physical Verification" <diva@cadence.com> ????
news:j3bih1ptiasedrg4ligvgsvqqnpm7dmj48@4ax.com...

On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 15:10:24 -0500,
eng.mohammad.samir@gmail-dot-com.no-spam.invalid (eng_semi) wrote:

Hi all,

I am reading now in the SKILL user guide, by cadence, but I think that
this reference is enough as an introduction to SKILL.

Is there any references which discuss more advanced topics for SKILL
language ?

Thanks in advance

Get a book on Lisp. SKILL is just Lisp with some C-like extension in the
parser.

 

[Pete nospam Zakel]

In article <43ff86c3$0$15788$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> "Junhua Mao" <mao_junhua@163.com> writes:

Skill is from Scheme (or Lisp), and the thinking of Lisp is different from
C-like language, You could write skill in C-like style syntax, but you could
do better program if you did in Lisp thinking.

Actually originally Franz Lisp. Then when Scheme (or Skill++ or whatever it
is called) was incorporated it also incorporated features of Standard Lisp
(IIRC).

I definitely agree that programming in Skill is easier if you can think in
LISP.

-Pete Zakel
(phz@seeheader.nospam)

"Every program has (at least) two purposes: the one for which it was
written and another for which it wasn't."