GNU COBOL Programmer’s Guide

This document describes the syntax, semantics and usage of the COBOL programming language as implemented by the current version of GNU COBOL, formerly known as OpenCOBOL.
The principal developers of GNU COBOL are Keisuke Nishida and Roger While. They may
be contacted through the GNU COBOL website – sourceforge.net/projects/open-cobol.
This document was intended to serve as a full-function reference and user’s guide suitable
for both those readers learning COBOL for the first time as well as those already familiar
with some dialect of the COBOL language.