Because for many small projects, such as verifying a set of data,
and converting it from one format to another, the large number
of good primitive data-types of Ada means that
  "almost all you hve to do it write the data defintions".
The code will write itself.
   For example, if you have to convert a set of data with data values
that are a sequence with holds into another sequence with holes,
writing
   1)  A type definition
   2)   Two derivired types from the first
   3)   A rep-spec for each of the derived types
   4)   Two instantians of ENUMERATION_IO.
   5)    One assigment statement to up-convert and then down-covert.
and you hvae your program.
     Try doing those data mappings as easily
   + verifying the correctness of the values of your original data
    easier in some other programming language.

...Paul S.

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Botton" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 3:29 PM
Subject: Question #3


> Ok #3 in our series of questios that will make their way in to future
> articles, FAQs, etc.
>
> Why would I want to use Ada for small projects?
>
> David Botton