====== Sequential Statements ======
===== Introduction =====
{{:courses:system_design:vhdl_language_and_syntax:sequential_statements:folie149_sequentialstatements.svg?nolink&150|Sequential Statements}}

  * **Executed according to the <text type="danger">order</text> in which they appear**
  * **Permitted <text type="danger">only within processes and subprograms</text>**
  * **Used to describe algorithms**

<callout>
=== Notes ===
All statements in processes or subprograms are processed sequentially, i.e. one after another.

Like in ordinary programming languages there exists a variety of constructs to control the flow of execution. The if clause is probably the most obvious and most frequently used. 
</callout>