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The practice of prototyping is one of the points [[Frederick P. Brooks]] makes in his 1975 book ''[[The Mythical Man-Month]]'' and his 10-year anniversary article "[[No Silver Bullet]]".

An early example of large-scale software prototyping was the implementation of NYU's Ada/ED translator for the [[Ada (programming language)|Ada programming language]].<ref>{{cite journal |title=The NYU Ada Translator and Interpreter |first1=Robert B. K. |last1=Dewar |first2=Gerald A. |last2=Fisher Jr. |first3=Edmond |last3=Schonberg |first4=Robert |last4=Froelich |first5=Stephen |last5=Bryant |first6=Clinton F. |last6=Goss |first7=Michael |last7=Burke |journal=ACM SIGPLAN Notices – Proceedings of the ACM-SIGPLAN Symposium on the Ada Programming Language |volume=15 |issue=11 |pages=194–201 |date=November 1980 |isbn=0-89791-030-3 |doi=10.1145/948632.948659}}</ref> It was implemented in [[SETL]] with the intent of producing an executable semantic model for the Ada language, emphasizing clarity of design and user interface over speed and efficiency. The NYU Ada/ED system was the first validated Ada implementation, certified on April 11, 1983.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA136759 |title=Ada Compiler Validation Summary Report: NYU Ada/ED, Version 19.7 V-001 |author=SofTech Inc., Waltham, MA |date=1983-04-11 |accessdateaccess-date=2010-12-16}}</ref>

==Outline of the prototyping process==