Surf these sites: 1959: The Creation of COBOL -- Mary Brandel for Computerworld. A brief history of COBOL''s origins, the involvement of the Conference of Data Systems Languages (Codasyl) and the Department of Defense (DOD,) and how the seeds of the Year 2000 problem were sown. Allexperts COBOL Q&A -- Volunteer experts answer your detailed one-on-one questions about programming in Cobol for free! Maybe we can help you! COBOL Center -- The COBOL Home Page for COBOL: standards, programming, reengineering, tools, skills improvement, sample code, and jobs. This site dedicated to COBOL and to those with an investment in it. Many Internet sites provide information on COBOL. COBOL Jobs -- Job listing service for COBOL programmers. COBOL Portal -- resource site for Cobol developers. Cobol related news, programming tips, resources and everything Cobol. COBOL Programming Language: Hello World! -- Sample COBOL source code for beginners. COBOL Programming tools -- Freeware system-wide COBOL analysis tool. Search utilities for programming languages. COBOL: IBM Technical Help Forum -- Tek-Tips IBM COBOL technical support forum. Mutual help system for computer professionals. Developer.com COBOL Directories -- Search Developer.com''s extensive directories for the latest COBOL news and many more IT developer topics. Forever COBOL -- Lauren Gibbons Paul for Datamation. Article discusses various ways in which companies are modernizing legacy COBOL applications that have been running their businesses for decades. Hello World Program -- COBOL source code for this traditional, beginner''s programming exercise. IBM United Kingdom Laboratories, Hursley Park -- One of IBM''s major development laboratories. Its public FTP site contains source code for COBOL, PL/1, REXX, Assembler and other languages. Institute for Certification of Computing Professionals -- The ICCP has dedicated itself to the establishment of high professional standards for the computer industry. Under the direction of our 9 constituent societies and 18 affiliate societies, we actively promote these standards by offering the only broadly applicable and internationally recognized certification program in the profession. Mainframe, Midrange and Micro Computers -- Large collection of links and resources for enterprise computing with an emphasis on MVS and COBOL. Rapid Application Death -- Herbert A. Edelstein for Datamation. Article discusses the lack of stability and a standard development language for business applications (i.e., COBOL versus client/server languages.) The author asserts that, "Rapid application development has made the problem worse by often coming to mean, ''Let''s skip design.'' Gone are the days of careful database and application design, and planning for evolutionary change." The COBOL Home Page -- This web site has links to many COBOL and Y2K sites on the Internet. There is a section on jobs and CVs for those who want a job or want to fill a position and a message board for all your COBOL and Y2K questions. The Programming Sharehouse -- A collection of COBOL resources including links, tools, FAQs and source code. The Wit and Wisdom of Grace Hopper -- Life was simple before World War II. After that, we had systems. What Is COBOL--A Definition -- Page defines COBOL (COmmon Business Oriented Language), the most popular and widely-used business programming language today in terms of running programs. Y2K Parable -- Jack and COBOL.
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