Look what I found for $2 at the public library in the no-longer-circulating discard bin

Can you believe that a book like this wasn’t flying off the shelves and ended up in the for sale box?!

So far I quite like it, as it has a number of examples of bad COBOL style, and what you should do instead.  Example:

Ways to make COBOL source code burn your eyes less are much appreciated.  The first sample above definitely mandates a trip to the eye wash station.