A problem of integration

Abstract

Many programming courses tend to be taught in isolation. Isolation from real world applications and isolation internally from their parts. COBOL, as a significant business oriented language that is extensively utilized, lends itself to integration as easily as any language and more easily than most. This integration is important as COBOL is extensively utilized in a variety of business applications. Still, COBOL frequently suffers from being taught isolated segment by isolated segment. It is also frequently taught in isolation from its world of applications. This paper will suggest some techniques for overcoming this tendency toward disjointed segmentation in an introductory COBOL class. © 1985, ACM. All rights reserved.