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Review title: Great teaching tool and good reference
Product review: I received this book at the beginning of a six-week programming 'bootcamp' a previous employer sent me to several years ago. The text progresses in a very systematic manner in which each lesson reinforced and expanded upon previous lessons. After completing the bootcamp, I spent a few years writing COBOL at various clients and this book is one of a few that served me very well during that time. My only complaint is that its size (800+ pages) and style made it less suited as the quick reference I then needed.
