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Immediate Post-War↑
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Sorting and editing systems↑
Data processing↑
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Sorting and editing systems/1951↑
Data processing/1951↑
Close mapping/1951↑
Sorting and editing systems/United States↑
Data processing/United States↑
Close mapping/United States↑
Multi-purpose ↑
Multi-purpose/1951↑
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SORT/MERGE(ID:2709/sor002)

First code autogenerator 

alternate simple view
Country: United States
Designed 1951
Published: 1952
Genus: Sorting and editing systems
Sammet category: Multi-purpose

Autogenerator /Protocompiler system for ENIAC and later UNIVAC I

Betty Holberton 1952 (pioneering woman of computing)

Hopper (1955) type 3 - Generative routines - system

Hopper (1955)
"The UNIVAC sort-generator, the work of Betty Holberton, was the first major automatic routine to be completed. It was finished in 1951 and has been in constant use ever since."

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Related languages
SHORT CODE → SORT/MERGE   Influence
SORT/MERGE → Editing Generator   Influence
SORT/MERGE → SESAME   Evolution of
SORT/MERGE → UNIVAC 1108 SORT/MERGE   Evolution of
References:
  • Holberton, F. E. (1954) Holberton, F. E. "Application of Automatic Coding to Logical Processes" pp. 34-39 Picture:
          in Symposium on Automatic Programming For Digital Com (1954) Symposium on Automatic Programming For Digital Computers, Office of Naval Research, Dept. of the Navy, Washington, D.C. PB 111 607 May 13-14 1954
  • Hopper (1955) Hopper, Grace "Automatic Coding for Digital Computers" pdf Extract: Introduction
          in the High Speed Computer Conference, Louisiana Stat (1955) the High Speed Computer Conference, Louisiana State University, 16 Feb. 1955, Remington Rand, Inc. 1955
  • Rosen, Saul (1964) Rosen, Saul "Programming Systems and Languages: a historical Survey" (reprinted in Rosen, Saul (ed) Programming Systems & Languages. McGraw Hill, New York, 1967) Extract: Early UNIVAC languages
          in [AFIPS JCC 25] (1964) [AFIPS JCC 25] Proceedings of the 1964 Spring Joint Computer Conference SJCC 1964
  • Sammet, Jean E. (1969) Sammet, Jean E. "Computer Languages - Principles and History" Englewood Cliffs, N.J. Prentice-Hall 1969.
          in [AFIPS JCC 25] (1964) [AFIPS JCC 25] Proceedings of the 1964 Spring Joint Computer Conference SJCC 1964
  • Goetz, Martin (2002) Goetz, Martin "Memoirs of a Software Pioneer: Part 1" 24(1) Jan-Mar 2002 pp43-56 Extract: BIOR Extract: Fixing the sorts
          in [AFIPS JCC 25] (1964) [AFIPS JCC 25] Proceedings of the 1964 Spring Joint Computer Conference SJCC 1964
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