Re: First-Time C

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In article <1993Jan11.210636.8396@gvl.unisys.com> garyp@rmtc.paramax.com (Gary 
Palangian [RMTC/ISP]) writes:
>Subject: First-Time C
>From: garyp@rmtc.paramax.com (Gary Palangian [RMTC/ISP])
>Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 21:06:36 GMT
>Hey Now Everybody,
>
>    I have been working with Ada for about 8 years now.  I think
>Ada is the best thing to happen to large systems development since
>magnetic disk.  Part of my previous job was comparing Ada and C so
>I know a little about C programming.  
>
>    Our customer is probably going to make a decision to move from
>Ada to C on my project.  I am concerned about our ability to
>control the software engineering process, especially module integration,
>using C as a language.  Can anybody offer advice or a reference text
>that discusses large system development and the particular implementation
>and coordintation issues one should expect/plan for if C were the implementati
on
>language.
>
>    Please, I don't wan't to start an Ada/C thing.  And I will not
>say any more about changing from Ada to C.  I would appreciate
>concise and concrete information for managing large systems development
>using C, especially from those with an Ada background.
>
>
>Thanks,
>
>
>Gary P.