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Advanced COBOL for Structured and Object-Oriented Programming, 3rdEdition
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Author: Gary DeWard Brown
List Price: $70.00
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ISBN: 0471314811
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (23 November, 1998)
Edition: Paperback
Sales Rank: 151,197
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 out of 5
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Customer ReviewsRating: 5 out of 5
Still Current.
I have been a programmer since April 1969. Even though I have programmed in most popular languages (c / c++ / smalltalk, java , algol, python, PL/1, many different assemblers etc), COBOL is still the MOST used language in the corporate world. As IBM says, "80% of the world's data is still on mainframes, 80% of the world's programs are still written in COBOL. I am contracting to a large corporation now, and they are having to retrain their young java programmers in how to write (NEW not legacy) COBOL applications!With that background, I now get to the point (finally)! Buy this book. It is excellent. Also buy COBOL Unleashed; it too is invaluable. ...
Rating: 5 out of 5
Classic guide to programming in COBOL
As a C++ programmer working on a product with 2 COBOL components (2/90), I found this text to be an indispensable COBOL reference. The author classifies language constructs into essential, sometimes used, rarely used, and archaic. The text is comprehensive including reserved words, program constructs, tables, indexed files, dates, Y2000, report writer, and client-server architecture (one exception is limited coverage of CISCs transaction processing). Both PC and mainframe COBOL environments are covered. Organizing COBOL code into paragraphs, sections, subprograms, functions, and classes (object-oriented is not yet standardized) is demonstrated.The text illustrates each COBOL feature with either a code fragment or a sample program. A well-conceived programming style for COBOL is recommended using structured programming. A coherent discussion of archaic programming styles helped me comprehend areas of our COBOL code where periods are used instead of END-IF statements.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Worth the time to read & the money
Very well put together, clear, concise. Not a beginners book by any stretch (assuming there are still people learning COBOL) ? But, its a great reference book and like the last review, it helps you remember all the stuff you'd forgotten over the years doing COBOL. Intermediate to Advanced level....
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