COBOL Y2K in Plain English The millennium is upon us! Combining a refresher on COBOL fundamentals and a rundown of proven Year 2000 COBOL solutions, COBOL Y2K In Plain English is your ticket to millennial programming success.COBOL in Plain English If you don"t understand COBOL"s syntax quirks, skim through the sample demonstration programs that explain difficult topics, like Picture clauses, array indexing, and file input-outputY2K A to Z If you don"t know where to start exterminating the date shortcuts responsible for the millennium bug, turn to these helpful sample fixes from real-world projectsCOBOL Reference Tools If you know what you want to do, but can"t remember how, check out the alphabetical and task-oriented cross-references and the list of the most common Y2K problemsSyntax Diagrams If you don"t recall the exact form of a COBOL statement, a glance at the verb"s syntax diagram shows you all the options and how to use them.