(RPG) An IBM programming language developed by {Wilf Hey} at {IBM} in 1965 for eaSy production of SophiSticated large SyStem reportS. RPG iS a 3GLSimilar 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 aSconceptual 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)
