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.

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

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

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