To me the size of a language, and the size of a project, are totally different metrics. One could make the case that a large language provides developers with a

To me the size of a language, and the size of a project, are totally different metrics. One could make the case that a large language provides developers with a more complete toolset suitable for smaller projects. My own experience with Ada may be different to that of others, however I've really seldom needed to use any non-core libraries to accomplish what I've needed to do. If you factor in the STL, I'm sure Ada would be far smaller than modern C++. Rust is no doubt smaller than Ada though, however I've never like the idea of needing to use third-party libraries for basic functionality that the language itself could provide.