<tool> (RPG) An IBM programming language developed by Wilf
Hey at IBM in 1965 for easy production of sophisticated
large system reports.
RPG is a 3GL similar to COBOL, but more concise and
supposedly easier for non-programmers to use. It processes
its input one line at a time and does not treat tables as
conceptual entities.
It was popular on System 34/36 minicomputers.
Versions: RPG II, RPG III, RPG/400 for IBM AS/400. MS-DOS
versions by California Software and Lattice. Unix
version by Unibol. Cross-platform version by J & C
Migrations runs on MS-DOS, Windows, AIX, HP-UX, and
OS/390.
See also CL, OCL.
(2004-08-24)
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