COBOL: From Micro to Mainframe: Fujitsu Version (3rd Edition)

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Summary: Mediocre, lacks detailed information, lots of inconsistancy.
Review: As a student, I am finding that there is only a limited amount of information on a variety of topics, and few examples about applying the information. I am also finding that there are many inconsistancies and lacks in the program design specifications and the downloadable data files. I am disappointed with the quality of the book and data.

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Summary: One word...
Review: Bad, this was a horrible book for cobol. Dose not give you enough information say on doing a date vaildation check. it wasn't very good. of course it didn't help that the professor wasn't that great either. (lol) any ways i didn't like it. it didn't really help me.

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Summary: very good condition
Review: book was in really good condition received in 7-8days

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Summary: This book seems scattered and is not a good reference
Review: I attend DeVry Inst. and am taking cobol as my first programming language ever. We are using this book as our text book. I'm running into problems finding answers to my questions in this book. It seems to only skim the surface and not really dig into cobol. It's not a good reference book and hard to understand at times.

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Summary: A book so nice, I bought it twice
Review: I first had the second edition of this book, and I bought the third edition as soon as I heard it was out. It has the most complete sample programs of any COBOL text I've seen. I found code examples for every concept or method introduced. The accompanying software makes COBOL projects almost fun, giving you a GUI-like workspace as opposed to SEU on the AS400 (I teach on that). I recommend this book to all my students who are serious about COBOL.

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Summary: A book so nice, I bought it twice
Review: I first had the second edition of this book, and I bought the third edition as soon as I heard it was out. It has the most complete sample programs of any COBOL text I've seen. I found code examples for every concept or method introduced. The accompanying software makes COBOL projects almost fun, giving you a GUI-like workspace as opposed to SEU on the AS400 (I teach on that). I recommend this book to all my students who are serious about COBOL.

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Summary: I LIKE THE BOOK AND FIND IT VERY, VERY INFORMATIVE.
Review: I HAVE FOUND THIS BOOK TO BE VERY INFORMATIVE. MY QUESTION IS THIS. THE BOOK I PURCHASED FROM SCHOOL CAME WITH THE MICROSOFT COBOL COMPILER SOFTWARE. WHAT I WANT TO KNOW IS THIS SOFTWARE THE SAME AS THE OTHER PERSONAL COBOL MICROSOFT SOFTWARE?

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Summary: I have the book, where's the solution manual?
Review: I have read the book, and think that it presents good examples of the particular points in question. Having said that, where's the solution manual?

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Summary: Excellent for beginning COBOL but lacks Mainframe focus
Review: I have taught COBOL for a number of years and have always used Grauer Villar & Buss. This new edition, although commendable in adding Microfocus Cobol, lacks true Mainframe focus. A few years ago there was an accompanying small book that greatly added to the mainframe concepts - but is no longer available. However, the flow of the book, the explanations, examples and summaries have proved to be an excellent textbook for professional training, especially when accompanied with appropriate JCL and CICS textbooks. Still above all, I rate this at the top of COBOL books - but don't agree with the authors assumption that the mainframe is no longer a relevant part of COBOL programming.

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Summary: Excellent for beginning COBOL but lacks Mainframe focus
Review: I have taught COBOL for a number of years and have always used Grauer Villar & Buss. This new edition, although commendable in adding Microfocus Cobol, lacks true Mainframe focus. A few years ago there was an accompanying small book that greatly added to the mainframe concepts - but is no longer available. However, the flow of the book, the explanations, examples and summaries have proved to be an excellent textbook for professional training, especially when accompanied with appropriate JCL and CICS textbooks. Still above all, I rate this at the top of COBOL books - but don't agree with the authors assumption that the mainframe is no longer a relevant part of COBOL programming.