Cobol

Media publications

• COBOL Programmers Back In The Game - ITWorld.com - You're wrong if you think COBOL programmers are doomed to go the way of the Edsel. COBOL developers who know the Internet can write their own job ticket. (Published 2001.03.19)

	Mainframe, Midrange and Micro Computers URL: http://www.texasrock.com/ ODP description: Large collection of links and resources for enterprise computing with an emphasis on MVS and COBOL. Page title: Mainframe, Midrange, & Micro Computers, plus Technical Articles Page description: Mainframe, Midrange, & Micro Computers, plus Technical Articles
	COBOL Center URL: http://www.infogoal.com/cbd/cbdhome.htm ODP description: Dedicated to COBOL and to those with an investment in it. Many Internet sites have information on COBOL, but this site assembles it so you need not search the whole Web to find it. Practical help is here: standards, programming, reengineering, tools, skill improvement, sample code, jobs. Page title: COBOL Programs, Software, Tutorials, Examples, References, Learning and Jobs - The COBOL Center
	The Wit and Wisdom of Grace Hopper URL: http://www.cs.yale.edu/homes/tap/Files/hopper-wit.html ODP description: Life was simple before World War II. After that, we had systems.
	COBOL: IBM Technical Help Forum URL: http://www.tek-tips.com/threadminder.cfm?pid=209 ODP description: Tek-Tips IBM COBOL technical support forum. Mutual help system for computer professionals. Page title: COBOL General discussion Forum - Tek-Tips
	Year 2000 Parable URL: http://www.stokely.com/lighter.side/y2000.parable.html ODP description: Humorous tale of a Y2K COBOL consultant who has himself cryogenically frozen in order to avoid the Big Day. Page title: A Year 2000 Parable Page description: Funnies: A Year 2000 Parable
	COBOL Portal URL: http://www.cobolportal.com/ ODP description: resource site for Cobol developers. Cobol related news, programming tips, resources and everything Cobol. Page title: COBOLPortal
	What Is COBOL? URL: http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,289893,sid9_gci213863,00.html ODP description: Definition of COBOL (COmmon Business Oriented Language), the most popular and widely-used business programming language today in terms of running programs. Page title: What is COBOL? - a definition from Whatis.com - see also: Common Business Oriented Language Page description: COBOL (Common Business Oriented Language) was the first widely-used high-level programming language for business applications. Many payroll, accounting, and other business application programs written in COBOL over the past 35 years are still in use and
	COBOL Source Codes @ VyomWorld.com URL: http://www.vyomworld.com/source/LanguageHome.asp?LangId=4 ODP description: COBOL projects and source codes. Page title: COBOL Language Home :: Source Codes :: FAQs :: Articles :: How Tos... @ VyomWorld.com
	The SimoTime COBOL Connection URL: http://www.simotime.com/indexcbl.htm ODP description: Find out how to do bit-manipulation, display a field in hex-dump format, access a parameter provided from JCL and other tricks. It is all done in COBOL and the source code may be downloaded. Page title: The COBOL Connection Page description: The COBOL Connection provides a suite of sample COBOL programs (or legacy COBOL programming examples with a focus on an IBM Mainframe working in a complementary manner with Windows or UNIX Systems) describing various coding techniques. The prog ramming examples, both source code and documentation, are included in a zip file for easy downloading. Many of the sample programs will run on an IBM Mainframe system or a Windows or UNIX platform us...
	COBOL Programming Language: Hello World! URL: http://www.engin.umd.umich.edu/CIS/course.des/cis400/cobol/hworld.html ODP description: Sample COBOL source code for beginners. Page title: The COBOL Programming Language: Hello World!
	Murach's Structured COBOL URL: http://www.murach.com/books/cobol/index.htm ODP description: New single volume release of the classic COBOL book series written by Mike Murach. Page description: NEW structured COBOL book designed for both training and reference. The site has downloads available for the 3 chapters of the book.
	Hello World Program URL: http://www2.latech.edu/~acm/helloworld/cobol.html ODP description: COBOL source code for this traditional, beginner's programming exercise.
	COBOL User Groups: COBUG URL: http://www.cobug.com/ ODP description: A COBOL programming portal. References to jobs, compilers, sample code, and other programming resources. Page title: COBOL Programming, Mainframe to PC : COBOL User Groups (COBUG) Page description: A COBOL programming portal that represents the mainframe to PC where you will find references to jobs, compilers, program code examples, tutorials, user groups, and many other COBOL programming resources.