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COBOL: From Micro to Mainframe: Fujitsu Version (3rd Edition)
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Author: Robert T. Grauer, Carol Vasquez Villar, Arthur R. Buss, Arthur Buss, Robert Grauer
List Price: $94.00
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ISBN: 0130858498
Publisher: Prentice Hall (22 December, 1999)
Edition: Paperback
Sales Rank: 508,035
Average Customer Rating: 2.93 out of 5
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Customer ReviewsRating: 4 out of 5
very good condition
book was in really good condition received in 7-8days
Rating: 5 out of 5
Great resource for beginning/intermediate Cobol programmers
This book is a great resource for the beginning or intermediate Cobol programmer. Very clear explanations and abundant examples aid understanding. The authors favor a "hands on" approach which encourages the reader to try out the concepts in each chapter. The example code is included on the CD (along with the input files for the exercises) which is a great timesaver.The authors are careful about pointing out differences between Cobol-85 and Cobol-74 as they arise. While this may seem to be a minor point with the advent of the latest Cobol standard, it is helpful to those who work with older systems that are not fully Cobol-85 compliant. The Fujitsu Cobol environment comes along with the book. The Fujitsu compiler is a big improvement over the DOS-based compiler and editor that came with the second edition. An appendix provides some step-by-step examples to help the reader get up to speed with the compiler. The book is weighted more towards micro computers - if you are working in a mainframe environment, you will probably want to find additional references on JCL, CICS, etc. The book may not be the best choice for someone who has no previous programming experience, but for readers who have some background in programming (in any language) and are interested in learning Cobol, this book & compiler set is the best resource I've seen for Cobol at this level. I strongly recommend it.
Rating: 1 out of 5
this book was terrible
If I were already a seasoned programmer, or had some type of backgound in the languages, this book would have been a good refresher. That not being the case I felt like i just gave my college bookstore my hard earned $80. This text lacks focus and never goes in depth with any specific topic. The tutorial gives you little instruction when creating a program for the first time. And being that most student who are beginner programmers learn by example, this book is a pathetic excuse for killing a tree. The chapters may not have been so bad if there were more detailed focus points as well as "understandable" exercises after each chapter. Books like these are a student's worst nightmare.
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