Willamette HDL's AccurateC language-rule checker for C/C++-based electronic design fits into a SystemC-based design flow. It performs a series of checks that adhere to established language-rule sets ...

The C Programming Language is quite possibly the most influential language of all time. It powers OS kernels like Linux, Windows, and Mac and many other low-level systems. Its syntax has inspired many ...

I believe your alternative is exactly equivalent, so the reason they didn't do it that way is just that they preferred their way for whatever reason. Presumably they found it familiar and readable and ...