Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.133
EAN: 9780911625370
ISBN: 0911625372
Label: Mike Murach & Associates
Manufacturer: Mike Murach & Associates
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 438
Publication Date: 1986-11
Publisher: Mike Murach & Associates
Sales Rank: 2221279
Studio: Mike Murach & Associates
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - Update to a previous review
A few extras I forgot to note in my original review.
One page 123, where the book starts to talk about 88 level data items (Condition Names), it's time to go find a different reference. Any other reference. This book botches the explanation. I had trouble with it, the friend I mentioned had trouble with it (and I did not warn him about it in advance). It's the only major problem with the book.
This book has not been revised since initial publication, and contains no ... Read More
Rating:  - Independent computer contractors must have this
Working on my own, with no access to manuals, I'm able to find anything I need to modify or write COBOL programs. Suggest the reader buy Part 2 of this 2-book set, and also VS-COBOL-II. The latter isn't a complete COBOL manual, but lists the differences between COBOL and COBOL-II.
Rating: - Excellent Cobol Introduction
This book does a good job of explaining COBOL, but concentrates on a format best suited to those who don't know mainframes (introducing TSO, ISPF, dataset concepts, computer concepts, etc.). The complete set of COBOL commands is not taught. Instead, the author concentrates on the most often used commands and techniques. The author takes time out to mention obselete and/or "bad" commands (goto, alter, perform-thru, etc.), and stresses why avoiding them is good, and why using them is bad. I found ... Read More
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