Tek-Tips IBM COBOL technical support forum. Mutual help system for computer professionals.

COBOL source code for this traditional, beginner's programming exercise.

Large collection of links and resources for enterprise computing with an emphasis on MVS and COBOL.

Find out how to do bit-manipulation, display a field in hex-dump format, access a parameter provided from JCL and other tricks. It is all done in COBOL and the source code may be downloaded.

Definition of COBOL (COmmon Business Oriented Language), the most popular and widely-used business programming language today in terms of running programs.

Life was simple before World War II. After that, we had systems.

Humorous tale of a Y2K COBOL consultant who has himself cryogenically frozen in order to avoid the Big Day.

ITWorld.com - You're wrong if you think COBOL programmers are doomed to go the way of the Edsel. COBOL developers who know the Internet can write their own job ticket. (March 19, 2001)