Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 640 pages
- Published by: Wiley
- Edition: 3rd Edition November 23, 1998
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0471314811
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0471314813
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Book Dimensions:
9.1 x 7.3 x 1.4 inches
- Weighs: 2.6 pounds
Reader Reviews
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. ...
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