sort merge generator the sort merge generator was an application developed by betty holberton in 1951 for the univac i and is one of the first examples of using a computer to create a computer program the input to the application was a specification of files and the kind of sort and merge operations to use and the output would be machine code for performing the specification history of programming languages history of computers holberton fe application of automatic coding to logical processes symposium automatic programming for digitalcomputers office of naval research dept of the navy oct 1954 pp3439 hopper grace automatic coding for digital computers high speed computer conference louisiana state university february 1995 remington rand notes this programminglanguagerelated article is a stub you can help wikipedia by expanding itvte 