The only other major proven VLSI Toolchain that is Libre Licensed and
has created successful ASICs is Magic, selected as part of the OpenROAD
-toolchain. The entire OpenROAD toolchain is based on tcl/tk, a 1980s
-scripting language technology
+toolchain. The entire OpenROAD toolchain is based on tcl/tk, a late 1980s
+scripting language technology. LIP6 VLSI tools are written in c++ and python,
+which are modern much better well-known programming languages. With python
+being so well-known and prevalent it is much easier to operate and
+coriolis2
+for the development of complex reproducible ASIC layouts.
## What are significant technical challenges you expect to solve during the project, if any?