I actually did know COBOL once upon a time. There was an organization called "Business Professionals of America" that did a programming contest for kids in High School. I can proudly say that in 1996 I was the 2nd best COBOL programmer under 18 in Texas. ;-)
This is actually a very good book on COBOL, and the one that I used to learn at the time:
The hardest thing is getting your head around COBOL's basic structure as it comes from a branch of the programming languages tree that died out long ago. Good luck. :-)
This is actually a very good book on COBOL, and the one that I used to learn at the time:
http://www.amazon.com/COBOL-80s-J-Wayne-Spence/dp/0314632905
The hardest thing is getting your head around COBOL's basic structure as it comes from a branch of the programming languages tree that died out long ago. Good luck. :-)