(RPG) ANIBM 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 oNSystem 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)