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RPG(ID:207/rpg001)

Report Program Generator 

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Country: United States
Designed 1959
Published: 1961
Genus: Report Generators
Sammet category: Business Data Processing

for Report Program Generator

Began as a system rewiring documentation producer for IBM installers in 1959, then emerged as a sophisticated independent product which rivalled COBOL and COMTRAN on the 704 etc.

First major official release 1961

Historically, it has probably been the second most used programming language, after COBOL, for commercial applications on mid-range computers.
Related languages
9PAC → RPG   Extension of
RPG → RPG II   Evolution of
References:
  • [IBM] IBM 7070/7074 Data Processing System Bulleti (1961) [IBM] IBM 7070/7074 Data Processing System Bulletin: IBM 7070/7074 compiler systems: operating procedure. IBM Corp., Data Processing Div., White Plains, N. Y., Feb. 1961
  • Stock (1971) Stock, Karl F. "A listing of some programming languages and their users" in RZ-Informationen. Graz: Rechenzentrum Graz 1971 202 Abstract
  • Stock and Stock (1973) Stock, Marylene and Stock, Karl F. "Bibliography of Programming Languages: Books, User Manuals and Articles from PLANKALKUL to PL/I" Verlag Dokumentation, Pullach/Munchen 1973 505 Abstract
  • Fry, James P.; Sibley, Edgar H. (1976) Fry, James P.; Sibley, Edgar H. "Evolution of Data-Base Management Systems"
          in [ACM] (1976) [ACM] ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR) 8(1) March 1976
  • Tucker, Allen B., JR. (1977) Tucker, Allen B., JR. Programming languages. McGraw-Hill, Inc., New York, 1977
          in [ACM] (1976) [ACM] ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR) 8(1) March 1976
  • Allen, F. E. (1981) Allen, F. E. "The history of language processor technology in IBM" pp535-548.
          in [IBM] (1981) IBM Journal of Research and Development, 25(5), September 1981 25th anniversary issue
  • Kerner, L.O. (1982) Kerner, L.O. review of Allen 1981 in ACM Computing Reviews September 1982 Abstract
          in [IBM] (1981) IBM Journal of Research and Development, 25(5), September 1981 25th anniversary issue
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