Looking for experiences using C in CS1 course

[Ted W. Goodman]

          My colleagues and I are involved in a discussion concerning the 
     advisability of using C as the language in our CS1 course.  At the 
     present time, we are using Pascal in this course and introducing C in 
     a more advanced course.  We see significant advantages in changing 
     to C but, at the same time, have some apprehension about using C as a 
     the language for beginning students.
          Not wanting to "re-invent the wheel", we are interested in the 
     experiences that others may have had.  If you have used C as the 
     language in a beginning course, I would appreciate receiving a note 
     from you about your experience.   Please E-mail your responses to me 
     at either of the addresses below.  Since there may be others who are
     at a similar point in the development of their CS curriculum, I will
     post a summary of the responses to comp.edu.

          Thanks for your assistance.

             Ted W. Goodman
             twg at ecsvax 
             goodmantw at appstate