TIL: Gmail blocks attachment of VHDL source files, if their extension is .vhd, which is (unfortunately) common on Windows. I normally use Linux, and use a .vhdl extension, which Gmail does not find objectionable.
Apparently Gmail does this because some other software uses .vhd as an extension for a virtual disk image, though I don't really understand the point of blocking those, and .zip files, etc.
Anyhow, my client's FPGA code, written by some previous developers, uses .vhd. Bleh.
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2026-07-30 14:06:45 UTC
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