Vs Cobol II: A Guide for Programmers and Managers

If you workin an MVS COBOL shop, sooner or later you're going to convert to VS COBOL II, IBM's 1985 COBOL compiler for MVS systems. Whether that day has arrived yet or not, this book will quickly teach you everything you need to know about the compiler. You'll
What benefits VS COBOL II has to offer your shop
What new COBOL elements have been added in each release of the compiler...and which elements habe been dropped that were part of OS/VS COBOL
How VS COBOL II affects CICS programming
What new compiler and run-time options are now available and when to use them
Why debugging is so much easier and how to use the new debugger
What the cost and potential headaches of converting are...along with some ideas for managing the conversion (that includes coverage of the conversion aids IBM supplies)
So if you're in a shop that's already converted to VS COBOL II, you'll learn how to benefit from the new language elements and features the compiler has to offer. If you aren't yet workign VS COBOL II, you'll learn how to write programs now that will be easy to convert later on. And if you're a manager, you'll get some practical ideas on when to convert and how to do it as painlessly as possible.

Anne Prince