University-textbook style, with great organization, readable two-color text, comprehensive index, and discussion of COBOL topics (like reference modification) that I have not seen properly addressed in other COBOL books.

Distinction is also made throughout the text between COBOL 74 and COBOL 85, with separate code examples for each.

Detailed discussion of every topic, good examples and the self-test is really helpful.

i am an adjunct professor utilizing this as the textbook for an undergraduate cobol class. it has more then sufficient examples, and the self-test is helpful for the students.

The book was easy to read and covered the whole hiring process. I was getting really poor oral interview ratings, until I read this book by Ron Stern. Last Oral Board I took I got #1, and hope to get a job soon. California. I really recommend Stern's "Taking an Oral Interview in Law Enforcent" audio tape, in the "Application Preparation Kit&.

An excellent choice for the applicant. It has chapters for applications, physical agility, back ground investigations, etc. Easy to read and understand.

A few years ago, I got my first of many stage management jobs. I had absolutley no idea what to do. So I checked out a little book intitled, Stage Management:a guide of practical techniques. I could not put the book down!(and I'm not into self-help books!) It was filled with great ideas on how to be helpful not only to the director and the actors, but to yourself too. I still follow many of the techniques today. It really helped me out on my first job, and is still doing so now. I fully reccommend this book to all new stage managers, it gives you ideas of organization, how to deal with contrary actors and directors.

In this book we got lot of the suitable examples and usefull guidlines due to which i got the lot of things eaisly.

This book is well written and includes clear examples. A great book for starters. Especially usefull for users of an AS/400 system. A definite Must.

I ALSO HAVE TO USE THIS BOOK FOR MY CLASS AND I'VE HAVENT EVEN GOT PAST CHAPTER 1. I GET LOST IN WHAT EVER POINT THE AUTHOR IS TRYING TO MAKE WHY DO THEY HAVE TO MAKE THINGS SO COMPLICATED.

I use this COBOL book for my class that I have at College, and I have worked through it and I know no more than I did when I strated. I feel strongly that this book is not a good source to learn COBOL, and is not user freindly.

If you enjoy COBOL enough, maybe you'll really try to sit down with this book. I had to use this book for a COBOL college class and, boy, was it not that great. The book is very verbose, like COBOL itself.

I recommend not purchasing this book and instead getting a different book on COBOL. On the other hand, if you truly love COBOL then maybe this is the book for you. All I know is that I did not learn anything from this book except how to ruin a perfectly good afternoon.