tim wrote: > I have COBOL For Dummies as an introduction but I see it didn't get very > good reviews on Amazon. > > http://www.amazon.com/COBOL-Dummies-Arthur-Griffith/dp/0764502980/ref=pd_bbs_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1196322420&sr=8-4 > > You can also download IBM's manuals here. > http://www-306.ibm.com/software/awdtools/cobol/zos/library/ > > Fujitsu COBOL manuals here > http://www.adtools.com/download/index.htm > > The 2002 standard is available here (draft close to final version) > http://www.ncits.org/tc_home/j4htm/cd18all.pdf > > or you can buy a copy (expensive) - I have a copy of the ANSI 85 cobol > standard. > > More links here > http://www.theamericanprogrammer.com/programming/manuals.cobol.shtml > > and on google. > > The newsgroup comp.lang.cobol is pretty supportive too. > http://www.theamericanprogrammer.com/programming/manuals.cobol.shtml > Available via http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.cobol/topics > > Regards, > Tim Josling > > On Wed, 2007-11-28 at 09:44 -0600, Tom Browder wrote: > >> I haven't worked with COBOL for twenty years. Can someone recommend a >> good, modern COBOL text book? >> >> Thanks. >> >> -Tom >> >> Tom Browder >> Niceville, Florida >> USA >> Personally, I found the MURACH (publisher) books quite good. "Structured COBOL ..." is the first title that occurs to me. But I'm really jumping in here from excitement at seeing some activity on the list. The last time I had looked, Sourceforge listed the project as inactive. This mail sent me back to the happy discovery that work has restarted. So, could someone bring me up to date? And tell me how I can help. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 _______________________________________________ Cobolforgcc-users mailing list Cobolforgcc-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/cobolforgcc-users
