RPG

RPG, aka Report Program Generator, is a programming language created in 1959.

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RPG is a high-level programming language (HLL) for business applications. RPG is an IBM proprietary programming language and its later versions are available only on IBM i- or OS/400-based systems. It has a long history, having been developed by IBM in 1959 as the Report Program Generator - a tool to replicate punched card processing on the IBM 1401 then updated to RPG II for the IBM System/3 in the late 1960s, and since evolved into an HLL equivalent to COBOL and PL/I. Read more on Wikipedia...

RPG Wikipedia page
RPG docs
RPG first developed in IBM
RPG on HOPL
RPG ranks #47 in the TIOBE Index
See also: (7 related languages)COBOL, PL/I, Pascal, Assembly language, Algol, AUTOCODER, Java
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Example from hello-world:

**free
dsply 'Hello World';
return;

Example from Wikipedia:

ctl-opt main(GetCustInf);
       dcl-ds ARMSTF1 ext end-ds;
       dcl-proc GetCustInf;
         dcl-pi *n extpgm('CUS001');
           inCusNo like(arCNum) const;
           outName like(arName);
           outAddr1 like(arAdd1);
           outAddr2 like(arAdd2);
           outCity like(arCity);
           outState like(arStte);
           outZip like(arZip);
         end-pi;
         exec sql select arName, arAdd1, arAdd2, arCity, arStte, arZip
                  into  :outName, :outAddr1, :outAddr2, :outCity, :outState,
                        :outZip
                  from   ARMSTF1
                  where  arCNum = :inCusNo
                  fetch first 1 row only
                  with CS
                  use currently committed;
         return;
       end-proc;

Feature	Supported	Token	Example
Strings	✓	'	'Hello world'

Books about RPG from ISBNdb

title	authors	year	publisher
RPG II and RPG III Structured Programming	Stern, Nancy B. and Stern, Robert A. and Sager, Alden and Cooper, James	1991	Wiley
Programming in RPG IV	Buck, Jim and Meyers, Bryan	2010	MC Press
Programming in RPG IV, Third Edition	Meyers, Bryan and Yaeger, Judy	2002	29th Street Pr
Programming in RPG IV: Expanded Skills for Continued Success	Yaeger, Judy	2000	29th Street Press
Rpg Ii Programming	Essick and Edward L	1981	Science Research Associates
Rpg Programming With Xna Game Studio 3.0 (wordware Game And Graphics Library)	Jim Perry	2009	Jones & Bartlett Publishers
Java for RPG Programmers	Coulthard, Phil and Farr, George	2002	Mc Press
Building an RPG with Unity 2018: Leverage the power of Unity 2018 to build elements of an RPG., 2nd Edition	Karamian, Vahé	2018	Packt Publishing
Beginning RPG Maker VX Ace	Perez, Darrin	2014	Apress
Essentials of Subfile Programming and Advanced Topics in Rpg IV	Levinson, Phil	1999	29th Street Pr
Rpg And Rpg Ii Programming, Applied Fundamentals: A Job Approach To Learning	William E. Bux	1980	Pearson College Div
Make a 2D RPG in a Weekend: With RPG Maker VX Ace	Perez, Darrin	2015	Apress
Make a 2D RPG in a Weekend: Second Edition: With RPG Maker MV	Perez, Darrin	2015	Apress
RPG Programming success in a day: Beginners guide to fast, easy and efficient learning of RPG programming	Key, Sam	2015	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Modern Rpg Language: With Structured Programming (4th Edition)	Cozzi, Robert	1996	Mc Pr Llc
Beginning RPG Maker MV	Perez, Darrin	2016	Apress
Programming in ILE RPG	Buck, Jim and Meyers, Bryan	2015-09-15T00:00:01Z	MC Press
The As/400 & Ibm I Rpg & Rpgiv Programming Guide: As/400 And Ibm I Rpg & Rpg Iv Concepts, Coding Examples & Exercises (as/400 & Ibm I Application Development) (volume 5)	Kelly, Brian W.	2016-10-20t00:00:01z	Lets Go Publish!
The Modern RPG IV Language	Robert Cozzi	2006	MC Press
Mastering Unity 2D Game Development - Second Edition: Using Unity 5 to develop a retro RPG	Godbold, Ashley and Jackson, Simon	2016	Packt Publishing
Rpg IV Programming on the As/400	Myers, Stanley E.	1997	Pearson P T R
Beginning RPG Maker VX Ace	Perez, Darrin	2014	Apress
Free-Format RPG IV: How to Bring Your RPG Programs Into the 21st Century	Martin, Jim	2005	MC Press
Rpg II and Rpg III Programming	Feingold, Carl and Eulencamp, Howard and Gonoski, Steve	1989	William C Brown Pub
Programming in RPG IV, Fourth Edition	Bryan Meyers and Jim Buck	2007	29th Street Press
Programming in RPG IV, Second Edition	Yaeger, Judy	2000	29th Street Pr
iSeries and AS/400 RPG IV at Work	Pence, Doug and Hawkins, Ron	2000	Mc Press
RPG II programming: A learning system approach	Lewis, Thomas Edward	1977	W. C. Brown Co. Publishers
Essentials of Subfile Programming and Advanced Topics in Rpg	Levinson, Phil	1998	29th Street Pr
Programming in Rpg IV	Judy Yaeger	1995T	29th Street Pr
Programming RPG, RPG II	Seeds, Harice L.	1971	John Wiley & Sons
Programming in RPG II; IBM system/3	Murray, Jerome T	1971	McGraw-Hill
Programming the IBM System/360 Model 20 with RPG	Oberle, Aloyse P	1970	Prentice-Hall
Rpg Ii And Rpg Iii Programming	Nancy B. Stern and Alden Sager and Robert A. Stern	1984	Wiley
Rpg Ii And Rpg Iii Programming	Dennie Van Tassel	1986	Mcgraw-hill College
Rpg Ii And Rpg Iii Programming	Van Tassel and Dennie	1986	Mitchell Pub
Rpg Tnt	Bob Cozzi	2011	MC Press, LLC
Rpg Tnt	Bob Cozzi	2012	MC Press, LLC
Ile Rpg For Rpg/400 Programmers: A Detailed Guide To Programming In Ile Rpg	Richard Shaler and Robin Klima	1995	Midrange Computing

Publications about RPG from Semantic Scholar

title	authors	year	citations
A software quality model for RPG	Gergely Ladányi and Z. Tóth and R. Ferenc and Tibor Keresztesi	2015	6
Comparison of Static Analysis Tools for Quality Measurement of RPG Programs	Z. Tóth and László Vidács and R. Ferenc	2015	3
Applying and Evaluating Halstead's Complexity Metrics and Maintainability Index for RPG	Z. Tóth	2017	1

RPG - Programming language

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Books about RPG from ISBNdb

Publications about RPG from Semantic Scholar