File 119 - File processing with COBOL/WATBOL: part 1 / Cooper, Cowan, Dirksen, and Graham.

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File processing with COBOL/WATBOL: part 1 / Cooper, Cowan, Dirksen, and Graham.

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Reference code

SCA190-GA165-6-119

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Biographical history

Donald D. Cowan is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus (1999) and Adjunct Professor in the School of Computer Science, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario. He received a BASc in Engineering Physics from the University of Toronto in 1960 and an MSc ... »

Scope and content

A manual titled, "File processing with COBOL/WATBOL: part 1, by Donald Cowan, R.H. Cooper, Paul H. Dirksen, and James Wesley Graham. According to the introduction "the purpose of this text was to introduce some of the most common file-processing ... »

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Immediate source of acquisition

Donated by Dr. Donald D. Cowan in 2004.

Language of material

  • English

General note

Part 2 of the manual, "File processing with COBOL/WATBOL" can be found in the file linked in the related materials note.

General note

WATBOL is a teaching compiler for the COBOL programming language developed in 1969 at the University of Waterloo. - Information via Wikipedia: WATBOL

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Dates of creation, revision and deletion

Described by CW and edited by JB 2005.
Revised by NM 2023.

Language of description

  • English

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