(RPG) A system produced by ibm in 1965 for easy production of sophisticated large system reports.

Versions: RPG II, RPG III, RPG/400 for the 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.