Title: Okay
Review: This books isn't bad. It's kind of boring. It does help you learn because the author keeps saying the same things over and over again. So things tend to stick in your head.But there isn't a lot of real code examples, of complete programs. Just a lot of random code examples that make it hard to tell whats going on. Things are laid out pretty well though, and it's pretty to find the answers to chapter questions just by skimming the chapters.COBOL itself is kind of boring, it's not a modern languages, and its way too verbose. It was designed to be verbose but I like the technical languages a lot more.This book will help get you started if you're just starting out. It has a lot of good information, but at the same time, is rather boring.I guess I would recommend the book if you really needed to learn COBOL. I heard the COBOL for DUMMIES book was a lot better at explaining things, but I haven't read that book.I've found myself falling asleep several times while reading this book.
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