I favor Eckert and Mauchly because I went to work for Sperry, which was the ashes of Univac. But more interesting, as Rich noted, is
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[ENIAC] could compute the trajectory of an artillery shell well before it landed (compared with days of labored hand calculations).
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When you hear NASA defended on the basis that its discoveries wind up used in other ways, realize they are pikers compared to the military.