RE: RPG Trivia

[Bill Erhardt <ERHARDT@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I know Grace Hopper is credited with the design of COBOL but I don't think
she designed RPG.  I thought RPG was originally sold by IBM to run on the
360 as a means of generating simple reports quickly.
Bill Erhardt
Baldwin Hardware

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> From: Bull, Jeff [SMTP:BullJ1@Midas-Kapiti.com]
> Sent: Friday, April 06, 2001 9:08 AM
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> Subject:      RPG Trivia
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> Do you know the name of the person who invented RPG - a woman in the US
> Navy
> in 1964 I believe.
> 
> Kind regards,
> Jeff Bull.
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