C for Cobol Programmers

This book shows experienced COBOL programmers how to do in C what they already know how to do in COBOL. By carefully comparing the features of C with the features of COBOL, this guide should significantly shorten the learning curve for C and make moving from the mainframe to the PC easy and fast. Using examples to clarify the material, the book concentrates on topics of immediate importance to COBOL programmers, such as character manipulation, editing, and report generation. General purpose C is the focus, but the book includes discussions that are specific to programming in DOS, OS/2 and the IBM mainframe environment (MVS). Good programming techniques and practical, portable C functions are emphasized throughout.