From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,e7ceb00d83425e3a X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,domainid0,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news1.google.com!news2.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local02.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.comcast.com!news.comcast.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 22:27:01 -0500 From: tmoran@acm.org Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Prototyping with Ada References: <7e670f6c-58ed-4dac-bcb7-e1d062a81ca9@i76g2000hsf.googlegroups.com> X-Newsreader: Tom's custom newsreader Message-ID: Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 22:27:01 -0500 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 71.202.183.17 X-Trace: sv3-4ARwTuJMGYIaTVklFpvwYctBmg2FlVQUHgQgGLSX2fLVCD4mcmEGtxcskwVUzF1KC37+wLFzy3eZ3TR!jSakuymsOjIX7bEShGVkn6xksOqpxhogDi6nP+engABxPIFwbdnzkS76sqrX7i8e2rl5I23nlPCh!+M3+tVmRorVUX4HI1KjzQLRNoMhVFA== X-Complaints-To: abuse@comcast.net X-DMCA-Complaints-To: dmca@comcast.net X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.39 Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:441 Date: 2008-05-28T22:27:01-05:00 List-Id: > If you think you need a prototype, chances are you are unsure > about the quality of your design. As soon as the end user says "Oh, it would actually be better if it worked this other way" your careful design is in danger. And these days, when so much of "programming" consists of finding and and applying various libraries, bindings, etc, as soon as the library module turns out to act in a substantially different way than you were led to expect, your careful design is again in danger.