COBOL for Dummies Author:Arthur Griffith COBOL (COmmon Business-Oriented Language) is an old-timer in a world of Java and Visual Basic upstarts. But although newer languages garner all the attention, COBOL continues to be the programming workhorse for major, long-established industries, such as banking, insurance, and utilities. COBOL For Dummies is the indispensable, practi... more »cal reference for anyone charged with writing, tweaking, updating, or just double-checking COBOL code. Programming expert Arthur Griffith knows COBOL inside and out and shows you, among other things, how to Y2K-proof your mainframe or minicomputer. Plus, the bonus CD-ROM accompanying COBOL For Dummies features plenty of ready-to-use source code and Fujitsu COBOL, complete and fully functional. In addition, the CD-ROM includes Demo versions of Acucobol for Windows 3.1, 95, and NT A set of COBOL interpreters from Deskware for AIX, Linux, SunOS, Solaris, and Windows 95/NT A demo version of the Micro Focus NetExpress development environment A bonus appendix that shows you how to write COBOL programs that generate reports with headers, footers, running totals, and subtotals Another bonus appendix full of diagrams to help you remember the syntax of COBOL's verbs« less