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Title: Murach's Structured COBOL by Mike Murach, Anne Prince, Raul Menendez ISBN: 1-890774-05-7 Publisher: Mike Murach & Associates Pub. Date: October, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $62.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (4 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Murach's Structured COBOL
Comment: I've just browsed this book, which was delivered just 5 minutes ago, but I was very disapointed. Most examples are still in the old fashion COBOL way from the 70's and are not taking advantage of "Mixed Case", "Scope Terminators"(not even mentioned in the index), which makes a COBOL program structured. Use of the "full stop (.)" should be forbidden, where it's not needed, and that's only at the end of a paragraph. Using "MOVE 'Y' TO EOF_SWITCH" instead of "Set EOF to True" even more disqualifies this book as a "structured programming" book, which should be more up-to-date in thinking of how to use Cobol. The examples on OO-Cobol seem to be ok, maybe written by another author?
This book is of course a good reference for Cobol programmers, but I was expecting a more "modern" aproach to using the Cobol language and have examples "extremly" structured and in every minute take advantage of possibilities available in the language. Younger programmers are used to other structured languages, e.g Visual Basic and Java, and should be informed that the Cobol language is not a "left over from the 60's" but is is real structured programming language. Old programs have to be rewritten or Cobol will not survive. My expectation was that Murach would help us, but this is not really the case!
Rating: 5
Summary: The Guru of Mainframe Transaction Based Programming
Comment: I have been reading Mike Murach books for decades now, and keep several on my desk. The CICS Desk Reference, for example, written by Doug Lowe, is still THE definitive reference for CICS programming. As one who has been around COBOL programming since the early 70's when Grace Hopper introduced it, I think this is one best books on the subject ever written.
Rating: 5
Summary: How to code, compile, test, and debug interactive programs
Comment: Murach's Structured COBOL is a complete course in the use of COBOL in a single 780-page volume. Mike Murach, Anne Prince, and Raul Menendez collaborate to cover all aspects from getting started and special-purpose features to file handling and the use of COBOL for specific platforms. Readers will learn how to code, compile, test, and debug interactive programs; the best techniques for designing and coding structured programs; the specifics necessary for developing programs for IBM mainframes; fourteen full programs and dozens of coding examples to enable the coding of the reader's own programs; and exercises at the end of each chapter to provide a maximum amount of applied practice in a minimum of time on your own personal computer. The informative, "user friendly" text is accompanied by a CD-ROM. Murach's Structured COBOL is very highly recommended for the novice approaching COBOL for the first time, and has much of value for even the seasoned, experienced COBOL user.
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Title: Murach's CICS for the COBOL Programmer by Raul Menendez, Doug Lowe ISBN: 189077409X Publisher: Mike Murach & Associates Pub. Date: 15 January, 2001 List Price(USD): $54.00 |
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Title: Murach's OS/390 and z/OS JCL by Raul Menendez, Doug Lowe, Mike Murach ISBN: 1890774146 Publisher: Mike Murach & Associates Pub. Date: March, 2002 List Price(USD): $62.50 |
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Title: Murach's MVS Tso: Concepts and Ispf by Doug Lowe ISBN: 0911625569 Publisher: Mike Murach & Associates Pub. Date: April, 1991 List Price(USD): $42.50 |
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Title: DB2 for the COBOL Programmer, Part 1, 2nd Ed. by Curtis Garvin, Steve Eckols ISBN: 1890774022 Publisher: Mike Murach & Associates Pub. Date: January, 1999 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
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Title: DB2 for the COBOL Programmer, Part 2, 2nd Ed. by Curtis Garvin, Anne Prince, Steve Eckols ISBN: 1890774030 Publisher: Mike Murach & Associates Pub. Date: October, 1999 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
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