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Man Who Invented Copy And Paste Larry Tesler is Dead

chuks oti

Jun 23, 2020

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The pioneering computer scientist Lawrence 'Larry' Tesler whose accomplishments included inventing the cut, copy and paste commands for computers has died.

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Bronx-born Mr Tesler died on Monday at the age of 74. A cause of death has not been released.

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Xerox, the company where he spent part of his career, tweeted: 'The inventor of cut/copy & paste, find & replace, and more was former Xerox researcher Larry Tesler.

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'Your workday is easier thanks to his revolutionary ideas. Larry passed away Monday, so please join us in celebrating him,' they added.

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The Stanford University graduate specialized in human-computer interaction, utilizing his expertise at companies such as Amazon, Apple, Yahoo and the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC).

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The idea for the cut and paste command reportedly came from old-style editing that literally entailed cutting portions of printed text and gluing it elsewhere.

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In a tweet, the Computer History Museum in Silicon Valley, said: 'Tesler created the idea of cut, copy, & paste and combined computer science training with a counterculture vision that computers should be for everyone.'

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The revolutionary command was first used by Apple in 1983 and on the original Macintosh, which was released in 1984.

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On his website, Tesler wrote: 'I have been mistakenly identified as the father of the graphical user interface for the Macintosh. I was not. However, a paternity test might expose me as one of its many grandparents.'

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After leaving Stanford, Tesler began his career, making computers more accessible and user-friendly.

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Tesler left Xerox to work for Apple in 1980 after he was recruited by its late co-founder Steve Jobs.

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He spent 17 years at Apple, becoming chief scientist.

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Tesler later went on to establish an education software startup, Stagecast, doing stints in user-experience technology at Amazon and Yahoo

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Tesler was committed to spreading the knowledge he'd acquired through his long career, telling the BBC in 2012: 'There's almost a rite of passage - after you've made some money, you don't just retire, you spend your time funding other companies.

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'There's a very strong element of excitement, of being able to share what you've learned with the next generation.'

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