Murach's Structured COBOL

by Mike Murach, Anne Prince, Raul Menendez

An introduction and reference to COBOL. Early chapters allow beginners to code, compile, test, and debug simple interactive programs right away. Later chapters give techniques for designing and coding structured programs, cover specifics needed for developing COBOL programs for IBM mainframes, and introduce object-oriented COBOL. All information is presented in paired pages, with details and examples on the right and perspectives on the left. Includes chapter summaries, key terms, and objectives, plus exercises. The CD-ROM contains source code and data for exercises. Author information is not given. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

780 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2000