Product DescriptionBased on the best-selling, COBOL text by Robert and Nancy Stern. * Increased coverage of ILE COBOL and subfiles.
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Rating: - Very good basic COBOL book
I first learned COBOL on an HP-3000 about 12-13 years ago. Unfortunately, I didn't use COBOL again until a few months ago, so my COBOL skills were rusty indeed when I found the need to create COBOL programs on the AS/400 I use at work. PROGRAMMING IN COBOL/400 was exactly the refresher I needed.
Although the first few chapters were primarily a review of good programming practice (use of flowcharts, pseudocode and printer spacing charts), the remainder of the book provided a good, reasonably ... Read More
Rating: - Good book.. despite errors
A fine first book for students and those who want a reference book for COBOL/400. There are numerous errors and some info that is meant for ILE COBOL/400 rather than the COBOL/400 (such as usage of the INITIAL PROGRAM IS clause in the ENVIRONMENT DIVISION...
- Very good basic COBOL book
- Good book.. despite errors
