20. A method comprising: identifying at least one programming language construct associated with a safety data type of an algorithmic description representation of a circuit design, wherein the algorithmic description representation is specified in a first language; generating a second representation of the circuit design based on the algorithmic description representation and the safety data type, wherein the second representation is specified in a second language and includes at least one safety feature that is based at least in part on the safety data type; and configuring a programmable logic device after the programmable logic device has been manufactured.
21. The method of claim 20 , wherein the algorithmic description representation is a control-flow-based representation and wherein the second representation is a data-flow-based representation.