Which historical figure did the most for computing?

[Ohio's Ham]

I'd say Hitler; he inadvertently created the pressure to build the ENIAC to calculate mortar arcs.

[handy]

I'd say Hitler; he inadvertently created the pressure to build the ENIAC to calculate mortar arcs.

He gave IBM plenty of work too, as they designed & built the system that tracked all of the prisoners of war including all of the death camps:

http://www.pcworld.com/article/41222...iera_ties.html

[Austin25]

Alan Turing.

[uRock]

Just had to go political with the first post.

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