COBOL Made Simple: (Programming for the year 2000 problem) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0750638346 ISBN 13: 9780750638340

Publisher: Made Simple

Synopsis

The main reason for this book is the resurgence in the currency of the COBOL language because of the twin pressures of the Year 2000 problem and European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). A whole generation of retired and semi-retired COBOL programmers are coming out of the shadows to take on the challenge. In response to nearly unlimited demand, younger folk are also being crash-trained in this most venerable of programming languages. The idea behind this book is that: it is 'tight', covering just the essence of COBOL, using modern programming idioms, and giving a synopsis of the Year 2000 problem, along with the solutions which can be applied to it. If you're under pressure to learn COBOL quickly, then you'll be attracted to this book rather than a book of the 1,000 page variety! This Made Simple book will give you a modern, level-headed, accurate, short, jargon-free and sometimes humorous coverage of COBOL that is very useful to know and really not very difficult.

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About the Author

Conor Sexton is author of five Butterworth-Heinemann books, including the recently-published C and C++ Made Simple titles. 'Conor' is a rather common Irish given name, which has no English translation and, in the Gaelic original, is spelt, believe it or not, Conchubhair. Whether or not the renowned Irish literary prowess has rubbed off on Conor's computer books is for you to judge. Conor does not admit his age, except that he spent twelve years with a series of multinationals in technical software roles before going independent in 1990. He and his associates currently run Trigraph Software, operating from Dublin, Ireland. See the Newnes C Pocket Book for explanation of 'Trigraph'. Conor has a string of three offspring (the upper limit of political correctness in 1997 Ireland) which is now null-terminated. Conor Sexton is the Author of the following Made Simple books: C Programming C++ Programming Cobol Programming for the year 2000 He is also the author of: Newnes C Pocket book Newnes C Pocket book (second edition) Newnes C++ Pocket book Newnes C++ Pocket book (second edition) Beyond the Mainframe: A guide to open computer systems (Computer Weekly Professional Series) Y2K a system-wide check list for your business

Review

"..a good book and a very useful piece of reference when refreshing or starting to learn Cobal skills from scratch."
COMPUTING MAGAZINE

Edition details

• Publisher: Made Simple
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0750638346
• ISBN 13: 9780750638340
• Binding: Paperback