diff --git a/COBOL/Makefile b/COBOL/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b990062
--- /dev/null
+++ b/COBOL/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+COBCFLAGS=-free -x 
+
+
+hello:	hello.cob
+	cobc ${COBCFLAGS} -o hello hello.cob
diff --git a/COBOL/hello.cob b/COBOL/hello.cob
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..81c0919
--- /dev/null
+++ b/COBOL/hello.cob
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
+PROGRAM-ID. HELLO-WORLD.
+* simple hello world program
+PROCEDURE DIVISION.
+    DISPLAY 'Hello COBOL world!'.
+    STOP RUN.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 749e5f9..4f92b6a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
 # src-ed
-Soruce code samples for various languages - hello name-your-language world!
+Source code samples for various languages - hello name-your-language world!
+
+
+
diff --git a/bash/hello.sh b/bash/hello.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..0869db8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bash/hello.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Sample Hello World! bash script...
+#
+
+declare -A FRUIT_COLOR
+
+FRUIT_COLOR=( ["apple"]="red" ["banana"]="yellow")
+VERINFO=`git describe --abbrev=7 --dirty --always --tags`
+
+
+# Obligatory Hello World with some version info
+echo "Hello Bash World!  Version: $VERINFO"
+
+# Show list of command line arguments
+echo "Command line args: $*"
+
+# Determine number of physical CPU sockets
+SOCKETCOUNT=`cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep 'physical id' | sort | uniq | wc -l`
+echo "CPU socket count: $SOCKETCOUNT"
+
+# print out our FRUIT_COLOR associative array (key/value pairs)
+declare -A sorted_fruit
+for fruit in "${!FRUIT_COLOR[@]}"; do
+	echo "$fruit = ${FRUIT_COLOR["$fruit"]}";
+done | sort --reverse
+
diff --git a/openmp-c/Makefile b/openmp-c/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3c1031b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openmp-c/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+# Sample makefile to add version/compiler info via an extra
+# object module linked to final binary.
+#
+COMPILER_VER:=$(shell gcc --version)
+COMPILER_OPTS=-fopenmp
+GIT_DESCRIBE:=$(shell git describe --abbrev=7 --dirty --always --tags --long)
+
+.PHONY: all
+all:    hello-omp
+  
+versioninfo.txt:
+	@echo "@(#) Compiler version: ${COMPILER_VER}." >versioninfo.txt
+	@echo "@(#) Compiler options: ${COMPILER_OPTS}." >>versioninfo.txt
+	@echo "@(#) Git info: ${GIT_DESCRIBE}" >>versioninfo.txt
+        
+versioninfo.o:  versioninfo.txt
+	objcopy --input binary \
+		--output elf64-x86-64 \
+		--binary-architecture i386 \
+		--add-section versioninfo=versioninfo.txt \
+		--set-section-flags versioninfo=contents,noload \
+		versioninfo.txt versioninfo.o
+
+hello-omp:  hello-omp.c Makefile versioninfo.o
+	gcc $(COMPILER_OPTS) -DVERSIONINFO="\"$(GIT_DESCRIBE)\"" hello-omp.c \
+		versioninfo.o -o hello-omp
+
+.PHONY: test
+test:
+	(export OMP_NUM_THREADS=2; ./hello-omp)
+	sleep 5
+	(export OMP_NUM_THREADS=24; ./hello-omp)
+	sleep 5
+	(export OMP_NUM_THREADS=500; ./hello-omp)
+
+.PHONY: clean
+clean:
+	rm -f hello-omp	versioninfo.*
diff --git a/openmp-c/hello-omp b/openmp-c/hello-omp
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..01c0621
Binary files /dev/null and b/openmp-c/hello-omp differ
diff --git a/openmp-c/hello-omp.c b/openmp-c/hello-omp.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..321b412
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openmp-c/hello-omp.c
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+#include <omp.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+#ifdef _OPENMP
+
+static char versionbuf[16];
+static char gitversion[] = VERSIONINFO;
+
+int main()
+{
+	int tcount = 0;
+	char *versionp;
+
+	/* Tell about the version of OpenMP API we're using.
+	 * Specification source: www.openmp.org.
+	*/
+	switch (_OPENMP) {
+		case 200805:
+			versionp = "3.0 (May 2008)"; break;
+		case 201107:
+			versionp = "3.1 (Jul 2011)"; break;
+		case 201307:
+			versionp = "4.0 (Jul 2013)"; break;
+		default:
+			sprintf(versionbuf, "(%6.6d)", _OPENMP); 
+			versionp = versionbuf;
+			break;
+	}
+	printf("Using OpenMP version: %s\n", versionp);
+	printf("Program git commit info: %s\n", gitversion);
+	printf("Max threads = %d\n", omp_get_max_threads());
+
+#pragma omp parallel
+#pragma omp atomic
+	tcount++;
+
+#pragma omp parallel
+	/* Hello parallel world... */
+	printf("Hello OpenMP World from thread %3.3d of %3.3d! (tcount=%d)\n",
+		omp_get_thread_num() + 1, omp_get_num_threads(), tcount);
+}
+
+#endif
diff --git a/openmp-c/versioninfo.txt b/openmp-c/versioninfo.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..432ca87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openmp-c/versioninfo.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+@(#) Compiler version: gcc (GCC) 4.8.2 20140120 (Red Hat 4.8.2-16) Copyright (C) 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE..
+@(#) Compiler options: -fopenmp.
+@(#) Git info: e1e14b8-dirty
diff --git a/perl/hello.pl b/perl/hello.pl
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..a45cf03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/perl/hello.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
+#
+# Perl language Hello World! (and then some...) 
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+my @animals = ("camel", "llama", "owl");
+my %fruit_color = (apple => "red", banana => "yellow");
+my @fruits = keys %fruit_color;
+my @colors = values %fruit_color;
+my $verinfo = `git describe --abbrev=7 --dirty --always --tags`;
+
+# Obligatory Hello World with some version info
+print "Hello Perl World!  Version:  $verinfo\n";
+
+# Show list of command line arguments
+print "Command line args: @ARGV\n";
+print "ARGV[0] = $ARGV[0]";
+print "ARGV[1] = $ARGV[1]";
+print "ARGV[2] = $ARGV[2]";
+
+# print out our animals array in reverse-sorted order
+print "\nValue of animals array:\n";
+foreach (reverse @animals) {
+	print 'item = ' .  $_ . "\n";
+	if ($_ eq $animals[0]) {
+		print "   Condition is TRUE, \"$_\" eq " . "$animals[0]\n";
+	} else {
+		print "   Condition is FALSE, \"$_\" ne " . "$animals[0]\n";
+	}
+}
+
+# print our fruit_color hash (key/value pairs)
+print "\nValue of fruit_color hash:\n";
+foreach (keys %fruit_color) {
+	print "$_ = $fruit_color{$_}\n";
+}
+
+# Let's create the file test.out and write animals array to it...
+print "\nWriting test.out file...\n";
+open(my $out, ">", "test.out") or die "Can't create/open test.out! $!\n";
+foreach (@animals) {
+	print $out "$_\n";
+}
+close $out or die "$out: $!\n";
+
+# Now open the file we wrote and read it back...
+print "\nContents of test.out file:\n";
+open (my $in, "<", "test.out") or die "Can't open test.out! $!\n";
+my $linenum = 1;
+while (<$in>) {
+	print "line $linenum: $_";
+	$linenum += 1;
+}
+close $in or die "$in $!\n";
diff --git a/python/hello.py b/python/hello.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..0564ab7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/hello.py
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+#
+# Sample Hello World! python script...
+#
+
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import os
+
+animals = ["camel", "llama", "owl"]
+fruit_color = { "apple":"red", "banana":"yellow"}
+fruits = fruit_color.keys()
+colors = fruit_color.items()
+verinfo = subprocess.check_output(["git", "describe", "--abbrev=7",
+		"--dirty", "--always", "--tags"])
+
+# Obligatory Hello World with some version info
+print "Hello Python World!  Version: " +verinfo
+
+# Show list of command line arguments
+print "Command line args: ",
+for i in sys.argv[1:]:
+	print " " + i,
+print ""
+
+# Determine number of physical CPU sockets 
+if os.name == 'nt':
+	pass
+else:
+	socketcount = subprocess.check_output(["bash","-c",
+            "(cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep 'physical id' | sort | uniq | wc -l)"])
+	print "CPU socket count: ", socketcount
+
+# print out our animals array in reverse-sorted order
+print "\nValue of animals array:"
+for i in sorted(animals, reverse=True):
+	print "item = " + i
+	if (i == animals[0]):
+		print "   Condition is TRUE, \"" +i+ "\" == " + animals[0] 
+	else:
+		print "   Condition is FALSE, \"" +i+ "\" != " + animals[0] 
+
+# print our fruit_color dictionary (key/value pairs)
+print "\nValue of fruit_color hash:"
+for fruit,color in sorted(fruit_color.items(), reverse=True):
+	print fruit, " = ", color
+
+# Read a non-existent environment variable and supply default value...
+some_env_var = os.getenv("PROBABLY_NOT_THERE", "Default Value")
+print "\nPROBABLY_NOT_THERE is set to '"+some_env_var+"'\n"
+
+# Let's read in the PATH variable from the OS and print it out...
+path_env_var = os.environ['PATH']
+print "OS PATH var is set to: '"+path_env_var+"'\n"
+
+# Let's manipulate PATH variable and then restore it
+print "Adding :/test to PATH variable"
+os.environ['PATH'] = os.environ['PATH'] + ":/test"
+print "OS PATH var is set to: '"+os.environ['PATH']+"'\n"
+print "Restoring original PATH value."
+os.environ['PATH'] = path_env_var
+print "OS PATH var is set to: '"+path_env_var+"'\n"
+
+
+# Let's create the file test.out and write animals array to it...
+print "\nWriting test.out file..."
+file = open("test.out", "w")
+for i in animals:
+	file.write(i+"\n")
+file.close()
+
+# Now open the file we wrote and read it back...
+print "\nContents of test.out file:"
+file = open("test.out", "r")
+linenum = 1
+for line in file:
+	print "line "+str(linenum)+": "+line,
+	linenum += 1
+file.close()
+
+sys.exit(0)
diff --git a/ruby/hello.rb b/ruby/hello.rb
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..3a5d63c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ruby/hello.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+#
+# Hello Ruby World!
+#
+
+animals = ["camel", "llama", "owl"]
+fruit_color = { "apple" => "red", "banana" => "yellow" }
+
+verinfo = `git describe --abbrev=7 --dirty --always --tags`
+
+puts "Hello Ruby World!  Version: #{verinfo}"
+print "Command line args: "
+ARGV.each do |arg|
+	print "#{arg} "
+end
+print "\n"
+
+# print out our animals array reverse sorted...
+(animals.reverse).each do |i|
+	print "item = ", i, "\n"
+	if i == animals.first
+		print 'Condition is True, "camel" == ', i, "\n" 
+	else
+		print 'Condition is False, "camel" != ', i, "\n" 
+	end
+end
+
+# print out our Ruby hash 
+fruit_color.each do |key, value|
+	print key, " = ", value, "\n"
+end
+
+# Let's create the file test.out and write animals array to it...
+file = File.new("test.out", "w")
+animals.each do |i|
+	file.syswrite("#{i}\n")
+end
+file.close
+
+# Now open the file we wrote and read it back...
+filelines = IO.readlines("test.out")
+filelines.each do |i|
+	print i
+end
+
diff --git a/sizeofchk/Makefile b/sizeofchk/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f7acd45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sizeofchk/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+# Makefile for Simple Sizeof Utility 
+#
+# Created 2014-06-26 by Ed Braaten
+#
+
+# Variables that may need tweaking...
+COMPILER=gcc
+#COMPILER=icc
+#COMPILER=clang
+CCOPTIONS=-O -Wall
+INSTALLPATH=/usr/local/bin
+
+# These variables shouldn't need any tweaking
+CCVERSION=`${COMPILER} --version | head -1`
+BINARYNAME=sizeofchk-${COMPILER}
+SHORT_SHA:=$(shell git rev-parse --short HEAD 2>/dev/null || echo "unknown")
+PGM_VERSION=1.0 (git-$(SHORT_SHA))
+
+
+# Target to build the main program...
+${BINARYNAME}:	Makefile sizeofchk.c
+	@echo "#define COMPILEINFO \"${CCVERSION}\"" >sizeofchk.h
+	@echo "#define ARCHINFO \""`uname -m`"\"" >>sizeofchk.h
+	@echo "#define SYSINFO \""`uname -s`"\"" >>sizeofchk.h
+	@echo "#define RELEASEINFO \""`uname -r`"\"" >>sizeofchk.h
+	@echo "#define VERSION_STRING \"${PGM_VERSION}\"" >>sizeofchk.h
+	@echo "Header file created..."
+	${COMPILER} ${CCOPTIONS} -o ${BINARYNAME} sizeofchk.c
+	chmod 755 ${BINARYNAME} 
+
+install:
+	mkdir -p /usr/local/bin
+	cp ${BINARYNAME} ${INSTALLPATH} 
+	chmod 755 ${INSTALLPATH}/${BINARYNAME} 
+
+clean:
+	rm -f ${BINARYNAME} sizeofchk.h *.o
+
+tidy:
+	rm -f *.o
diff --git a/sizeofchk/README.md b/sizeofchk/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..365dc80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sizeofchk/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+sizeofchk
+=========
+
+Utility to print out size in bits of basic types supported by your compiler.
diff --git a/sizeofchk/sizeofchk.c b/sizeofchk/sizeofchk.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5fcc28b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sizeofchk/sizeofchk.c
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+/* simple utility to print out sizeof values...
+*/
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include "sizeofchk.h"  /* generated by makefile */
+
+static char version[] = VERSION_STRING;
+
+
+int main()
+{
+	int (*funcptr)();
+   
+	printf("Sizeof Utility by Ed Braaten - Version %s\n", version);
+	printf("Running on %s (%s %s)\n", ARCHINFO, SYSINFO, RELEASEINFO);
+	printf("Compiler version: '%s'\n\n", COMPILEINFO);
+
+	printf("   sizeof(char) = %lu bits\n", sizeof(char) * 8);
+	printf("   sizeof(short) = %lu bits\n", sizeof(short) * 8);
+	printf("   sizeof(int) = %lu bits\n", sizeof(int) * 8);
+	printf("   sizeof(long int) = %lu bits\n", sizeof(long int) * 8);
+	printf("   sizeof(long) = %lu bits\n", sizeof(long) * 8);
+	printf("   sizeof(long long) = %lu bits\n", sizeof(long long) * 8);
+	printf("   sizeof(float) = %lu bits\n", sizeof(float) * 8);
+	printf("   sizeof(double) = %lu bits\n", sizeof(double) * 8);
+	printf("   sizeof(long double) = %lu bits\n", sizeof(long double) * 8);
+	printf("   sizeof(char *) = %lu bits\n", sizeof(char *) * 8);
+	printf("   sizeof((*)()) = %lu bits\n", sizeof(funcptr) * 8);
+
+#ifdef __SSE__
+	printf("\nSSE types\n\n");
+	printf("   sizeof(__m64) = %lu bits\n", sizeof(__m64) * 8);
+	printf("   sizeof(__m128) = %lu bits\n", sizeof(__m128) * 8);
+#endif
+#ifdef __clang__
+	/* clang doesn't support __float128 */
+#else
+#ifdef __SSE2__
+	printf("   sizeof(__float128) = %lu bits\n", sizeof(__float128) * 8);
+#endif
+
+#endif
+	printf("\n");
+	return(0);
+}