COBOL Programmer's Notebook

This reference book covers the different elements of COBOL programming including: working with the editor, compiler and linker; variables, constants, operators and expressions; arrays' program control; data structures; I/O; indexed files, printed output and functions; and data input. There is also a chapter dedicated to identifying and fixing Y2K problems.

About the author (1998)

Jim Keoghhas written more than 30 books about computers, including Solving the Year 2000 Problem and Unix Programming for Dummies. He spent over a decade developing mission-critical systems for major Wall Street firms, and is now professor of Computer Science at Saint Peter's College in Jersey City, New Jersey.