Thanks to all who replied for the information. I appreciate it. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Mason Sent: Monday, June 05, 2006 10:46 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: COBOL Books
James, It's impossible these days to know whether or not the usual associations apply. COBOL *IS* mainframe. Other COBOLs are derived from "mainframe" COBOL. In other words in days gone by, let's say 30 years ago to be safe, you wouldn't have asked for "mainframe" COBOL but you might have asked for IBM COBOL or Burroughs COBOL or <any of the other six dwarfs> COBOL. The purpose of bringing this up is to hint that any dusty old book that says it teaches you COBOL will probably be describing "mainframe" COBOL and may be very good. In any case, given that it's a supposed objective of high-level languages that they are independent of their platform, any tutorial book *should* suffice for the basics. I say all this having only ever written a few sample COBOL programs to try out IBM's OSI products many years ago. I have a low boredom threshold.<g> I did try "cobol tutorial online" in Google and found http://www.programmingtutorials.com/cobol.aspx . You might find some useful material here costing only the power to drive your PC while you browse it. Chris Mason ----- Original Message ----- From: "Huckert, James" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main To: <IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU> Sent: Monday, 05 June, 2006 2:10 PM Subject: COBOL Books > Anyone out there know of any good mainframe COBOL books for beginners. > Thanks James H. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ********** Confidentiality Notice ********** This electronic transmission and any attached documents or other writings are confidential and are for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) identified above. This message may contain information that is privileged, confidential or otherwise protected from disclosure under applicable law. If the receiver of this information is not the intended recipient, or the employee, or agent responsible for delivering the information to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use, reading, dissemination, distribution, copying or storage of this information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this information in error, please notify the sender by return email and delete the electronic transmission, including all attachments from your system. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
