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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 004
EAN: 9780620346528
ISBN: 0620346523
Label: BookSurge Publishing
Manufacturer: BookSurge Publishing
Number Of Pages: 740
Publication Date: October 12, 2006
Publisher: BookSurge Publishing
Release Date: October 12, 2006
Sales Rank: 599156
Studio: BookSurge Publishing
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Rating:  - After 20 years of struggle, this put me back on track
I started with Cobol 23 years ago with the Manie Van Zyl en Frank Pritchard COBOL night course in Johannesburg. I was scheduled to do the full-time day course by my employer but I had a motor vehicle accident before so this was the next best thing. After that I was employed doing paper filing to justify my salary and finally got a chance to "mess about" with EasyTrieve, JCL etc. in the country-wide branch batch systems. I met some really amazing people. They could read an IBM mainframe dump while ... Read More
Rating: - Well structured, well organized and easy to understand technical book
This is one of the best structured and organized programming books I came across. I used COBOL a long time ago but wanted to see what's new with the language and came across this book at a conference. It appealed to me so much that made it standard for our COBOL development team. The definitions are concise and easy to understand, the examples are short and sweet and most of all relevant, and the text easy to follow.
I am not sure why a previous reviewer thought that the author's English ... Read More
Rating:  - Needs Work
I'm a programmer who normally works in C++ and Java but a new assignment has me working in the mainframe. As I've used dozens of books in the past to learn new technology I picked up this book hoping it would be a means of clearly learning COBOL. I am far from impressed.
1. The book has typos. Couple this with the fact that English is obviously not the author's first language and you're well on your way to frustration trying to figure out what he's saying.
2. In his example ... Read More
Rating: - Power of COBOL goes beyond COBOL
The Power of COBOL
My first reaction to the Power of COBOL is wow! Quite an effort. I applaud Rui de Oliveira. The Power of COBOL goes well beyond COBOL and perhaps ought to be called The Power of the COBOL Application Development Environment (ADL). However I recognize that may scare some people away. The book certainly is worthy of that title.
Specific comments:
- Online and in the book, invite readers to ask for clarification of something not understood (email or write to the author). ... Read More
Rating: - The Best of the Best
I wrote and taught COBOL many years ago (before I started getting this darn gray stuff in my hair). Even then, programmers and students alike dreamed of a book like this. What an excellent reference and manual!
If you need to know anything about COBOL, then, in my opinion, this book by Mr. De Oliveira should be your source.
I think that it is excellently structured and easy to follow, and still provides the depth that we need to be top-grade COBOL programmers. I've seen many books that ... Read More
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