Advanced ANSI COBOL with Structured Programming: For VS COBOL II and Microsoft Micro Focus COBOL [Paperback]

Gary DeWard Brown (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0471547867 | ISBN-13: 978-0471547860 | Publication Date: January 1992 | Edition: 2

Explains COBOL as it exists in the new ANSI standard. Designed for advanced programmers, it eases the transition from general programming training to the programming done in business applications using COBOL. Through hundreds of practical examples, it explores the intricacies of COBOL without spending a lot of time on basic computer concepts. With an emphasis on cross-system application and development, it describes both IBM's VS COBOL II for the mainframe environment and Microsoft's COBOL for the personal computer.

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Explains COBOL as it exists in the new ANSI standard. Designed for advanced programmers, it eases the transition from general programming training to the programming done in business applications using COBOL. Through hundreds of practical examples, it explores the intricacies of COBOL without spending a lot of time on basic computer concepts. With an emphasis on cross-system application and development, it describes both IBM's VS COBOL II for the mainframe environment and Microsoft's COBOL for the personal computer.

Product Details

• Paperback: 528 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 2 edition (January 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471547867
• ISBN-13: 978-0471547860
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,321,039 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Useful Cobol Book, April 17, 2000

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Gerald W. Thomas (Cincinnati, Ohio) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Advanced ANSI COBOL with Structured Programming: For VS COBOL II and Microsoft Micro Focus COBOL (Paperback)

I bought this book because I already owned it's predecessor (same title, but for VS COBOL) and had found it to be extremely valuable. I still have it and use it occasionally when I have to work on old programs and need to clearify something. I have been coding in COBOL since the late 1960's. This is the best book I have ever owned on the topic. It is well organized and provides the answers I need when confronted by something I do not have committed to memory. I have used it so much it is falling apart and I need a new copy. I own several other COBOL books (about a half dozen) that are not bad, but this one is the best. I have been hoping Dr. Brown would come out with a new version covering COBOL for LE. I will buy it if and when he does.

4.0 out of 5 stars Advanced ANSI Cobol by Gary Deward Brown, September 5, 2011

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This review is from: Advanced ANSI COBOL with Structured Programming: For VS COBOL II and Microsoft Micro Focus COBOL (Paperback)

Really good book and reference for all COBOL programmers, this book is actually a replacement of one that was 'borrowed' and not returned. Highly recomended.

3.0 out of 5 stars Micro Focus COBOL? A little old to be relevant., April 15, 2009

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This review is from: Advanced ANSI COBOL with Structured Programming: For VS COBOL II and Microsoft Micro Focus COBOL (Paperback)

The book truly was in great shape; clean and unmarked. Unfortunately the book was printed in 1982, which I didn't see from the picture. The book was well written and informational but was written for a much older version of Micro Focus COBOL than I had.