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From: Larry Hazel <lhazel@mindspring.com>
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Subject: Re: How to make Ada a dominant language
Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2001 10:55:04 -0500
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Marin David Condic wrote:
> 
> There is also a kind of design methodology wherein you might hammer out some
> code, see how it looks, maybe test it a little, then restructure it again
> and again as you are trying to a) figure out how certain features should be
> used and/or b) get a vision in your head as to what the ultimate product
> ought to look like. Its a kind of iterative prototyping that I find myself
> going through from time to time in some cases. It certainly isn't the way to
> develop a major system/subsystem, but it is often handy for some kinds of
> development, simply because you don't have a good idea in your head as to
> how something ought to look.
> 
> That sort of development might be less concerned with proper data types,
> formal design, documentation, etc., but I tend to think of that as strictly
> prototype development to gain understanding. The ultimate finished product
> has to be better thought out & planned - but may still utilize the
> prototyped code in some form.

Using Ada to help think about the problem and develop a design approach.  I've
done that many times.

Larry