Cobol Programming: Including Ms – Cobol and Cobol – 85

The second edition is a revised and considerably enlarged edition of a highly acclaimed text. The salient features of this edition are :A new chapter providing a thorough discussion of MS-COBOL. All PC users will find this chapter extremely useful; An in-depth discussion of the revised standard COBOL-85 in a new chapter; Chapter on `Introduction to Computers` completely updated to include the latest trends and developments; Chapter on `Table Handling` thoroughly revised and more explanations included; Various features of the language have been explained with suitable examples and, wherever necessary, the basic concepts of systems analysis and design have also been discussed; Structured programming has been discussed in detail; Useful guidelines with examples have been provided for improved programming; Several complete programs have been included for an application – oriented approach; Implementation differences between different COBOL Compilers are dealt with thoroughly.