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 | | IBM described the product as the “highest-level language used in data processing today,” and as “the easiest to learn, easiest to use, easiest to maintain, fastest to code, and most machine-independent, problem-oriented computer language available.” Because of these properties, RPG is arguably the second-most popular programming language of all time, behind only COBOL (qv). |
 | | IBM’s RPG II software and its symbolic language itself were usually bundled with a compiler deck and library of subroutines, and was available for monthly lease. |
 | | RPG II also worked on the IBM 1130, the IBM 1800, the RCA Spectra 70, as well as on the Univac 9200/9300 Series. |
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