ENIAC's Architects Wove Stories Through Computing
Summary
An IEEE Spectrum piece by Naomi Most reflects on ENIAC’s legacy through personal and familial storytelling. It highlights the contributions of Kay McNulty and other women who programmed ENIAC, the birth of the subroutine, and the idea that computing can be understood as weaving and storytelling, with technology evolving through use. The article also connects linguistic and cultural threads to frame computing as a narrative engine that will continue to unfold with future machines.