What is rpg4?
RPG is a high-level programming language for business applications, introduced in 1959 for the IBM 1401. The most recent version is RPG IV, which includes a number of modernization features, including free-form syntax.
Is the AS400 dead?
AS400 is considered dead but the latest IBM Power systems with IBM i are still one of the robust and reliable system architectures used by many organizations. Although it is one of the legacy systems but its modified versions have excellent OS and documentation.
What does IBM RPG stand for?
Report Program Generator
RPG also stands for role-playing game. RPG (Report Program Generator) is a programming language that originated as a report-building program used in DEC and IBM minicomputer operating systems and evolved into a fully procedural programming language.
Is RPG programming language still used?
RPG actually has quite a long history. To this day, RPG is still a very popular programming language on the IBMi operating system. RPG IV (also known as ILE RPG) is the most current version of RPG and it is a tool that provides a highly enabling programming environment for AS400 RPG Programmers.
What is RPG and Rpgle?
In a nutshell RPGLE is synonymous with RPG IV. Nearly all RPG/400 programs may be converted to RPG IV by using the CVTRPGSRC command, so all your RPG/400 knowledge is still germaine. The colums are different. For one thing they are wider to accomodate longer field names.
Is RPG similar to Cobol?
RPG is another legacy programming language. Like COBOL, RPG was developed in the 1960s and then later evolved by IBM into its modern incarnation (RPG IV). The RPG language is used today in IBM platforms including mainframe and mid-range systems (iSeries, AS/400 or whatever brand IBM currently uses).
What does C mean in Fortran?
yes, a c in the first column makes the line a comment for fixed-form FORTRAN (like ! ).