<s>
Lola	B-Language
is	O
designed	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
simple	O
hardware	O
description	O
language	O
for	O
describing	O
synchronous	B-Application
,	O
digital	O
circuits	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Niklaus	O
Wirth	O
developed	O
the	O
language	O
to	O
teach	O
digital	O
design	O
on	O
field-programmable	B-Architecture
gate	I-Architecture
arrays	I-Architecture
(	O
FPGAs	B-Architecture
)	O
to	O
computer	B-General_Concept
science	I-General_Concept
students	O
while	O
a	O
professor	O
at	O
ETH	O
Zurich	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
purpose	O
of	O
Lola	B-Language
is	O
to	O
statically	O
describe	O
the	O
structure	O
and	O
function	O
of	O
hardware	O
components	O
and	O
of	O
the	O
connections	O
between	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Lola	B-Language
text	O
is	O
composed	O
of	O
declarations	O
and	O
statements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Types	O
can	O
be	O
composed	O
of	O
instances	O
of	O
other	O
types	O
,	O
thereby	O
supporting	O
a	O
hierarchical	O
design	O
style	O
and	O
they	O
can	O
be	O
generic	B-Language
,	O
e.g.	O
,	O
parametrizable	O
with	O
the	O
word	O
width	O
of	O
a	O
circuit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wirth	O
describes	O
Lola	B-Language
from	O
a	O
user	O
's	O
perspective	O
in	O
his	O
book	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
complementary	O
view	O
on	O
the	O
details	O
of	O
the	O
Lola	B-Language
compiler	O
's	O
implementation	O
can	O
be	O
found	O
in	O
Wirth	O
's	O
technical	O
report	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
overview	O
of	O
the	O
whole	O
system	O
of	O
tools	O
for	O
digital	O
design	O
is	O
the	O
technical	O
report	O
(	O
containing	O
a	O
copy	O
of	O
the	O
report	O
on	O
the	O
language	O
Lola	B-Language
Lola	B-Language
:	O
An	O
Object-Oriented	B-Language
Logic	O
Description	O
Language	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
