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Re: [open-cobol-list] Best online and text tutorials?
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Brian Tiffin |
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Re: [open-cobol-list] Best online and text tutorials? |
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Sat, 9 Aug 2008 00:40:55 -0400 |
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I was impressed with John's response, but I find
http://www.csis.ul.ie/COBOL/
to be a good place to visit for the basics. Michael Coughlan has produced a
nice online course. And with OpenCOBOL 1.1, on my Debian/Lenny, the only
thing you'll need to change to get most of the examples to compile is
$ SET SOURCEFORMAT"FREE"
becomes
>>SOURCE FORMAT IS FREE
or delete the line and use the -free switch.
After that, http://www.simotime.com/indexcbl.htm is an awesome place to see
very professional grade source code and complex examples. Again, with OC 1.1
most of the bundles compile and run with little change (if any) required.
(Personal use mind ... Simotime has done the world a huge favour, so no fair
making any money, or saving a company any, without kicking it back to those
that deserve it).
For text books, I troll the local library / community centre coffeeshop
bookstore. They have a freebie box, and it is usually chock full of
technical reference manuals. I couldn't believe the other day when an
original APL/360 yellow was in the box. I keep trying to donate a buck or
two but the lady just keeps saying "We have so many reference books -
take 'em take 'em - please". Someday I might even ask to get a glimpse of
this pile she speaks of, as I'm sure they have some of the math texts I covet
and an assortment of out of print COBOL books and other rarities. But for
now, it's like a weekly treasure hunt. :) (Greenboro Community Centre here
in Ottawa, by the way).
Cheers,
Brian Tiffin
On August 8, 2008 01:11:29 pm Fast Primes wrote:
> What are the best online and/or textbooks on PC based cobol? Enough to
> quickly do a "Hello World" program under Ubuntu or Vista?
>
> Thanks.
>
> FP