Metrics for Ada packages: an initial study

Authors:
J. D. Gannon;E. E. Katz;V. R. Basili
Affiliations:
Univ. of Maryland, College Park;Univ. of Maryland, College Park;Univ. of Maryland, College Park
Venue:
Communications of the ACM
Year:
1986

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Abstract

Many novel features of Ada present programmers with a formidable learning task. The study of four first-time Ada programmers suggests that a background in the software engineering practices supported by Ada is necessary to learn to use the features of the language.