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On Rapid Application Development in Ada
In the Ada world we typically write mission critical software that
just has to work, but in a way one could argue that a lot more software
is mission critical than is usually admitted.
What does it take to actually perform rapid application development
in any language?
Can we do it in Ada and why would we do so?
A quick look into some language features that can be [ab]used for
enabling quick development of 'just a prototype' - which, as practice
shows is often deployed into production, usually without proper
quality controls and predictable outcome.
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