Merge, Split, or Append - By George I think I've got it!

Here I sit in Woods Hole, having done a clean job implementing the theory and feeling quite good about  the "Merge, Split, or Append" algorithm. I think it is one of those fundamental things, like the division algorithm, which is the basis for a calculation. Time will tell what abstract mathematical questions will come up for this- as we are only now able to do the simple arithmetic.
But I want to complain that, aside from my wife, there is no one to tell my result to. No one to gasp and exclaim - "By George you have done in Waksman". So I have to say it to myself. I do plan to start some promotion in the fall. What a great summer! What a lonely summer!