Cut Copy Paste and Larry Tesler – Computer scientist Larry Tesler, who devised the command to cut, copy, and paste (CUT, COPY, PASTE) into the computer, has passed away. He was 74. Tessler began working in Silicon Valley in the early 1960s. This was a period when computers were far from the reach of most people.
We all know what is the importance of the command to cut, copy and paste while working on the computer. Without this command, it is not possible to work on the computer. This discovery of Tesler made it much easier for people to use personal computers. Apart from this, he created many commands like Find and Replace which made many tasks from writing text to developing software.
Xerox tweeted and paid tribute to Tesler. He worked for a long time at the American company Xerox. The company’s tweet states – “Larry Tessler, a former researcher at Xerox created a lot of commands like cut, copy, paste, find, replace. Thanks to the person whose revolutionary discoveries made your everyday work so much easier. Larry Died on Monday.
Cut Copy Paste and Larry Tesler – Tesler was born in the Bronx, New York in the year 1945. He studied at Stanford University, California. After graduation, he gained experience in user interface design. During this time he learned to make the computer easier for the user.
During his career, Tessler worked at several tech companies. In 1973, he started his career at the Jirox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC). After this, after working for Steve Jobs, he worked at Apple for 17 years and rose to the rank of Chief Scientist.
After leaving Apple, he founded an education startup. Apart from this, he also stayed in Amazon and Yahoo for a short time.
The Computer History Museum in Silicon Valley says that Tassler made computer science training easy and convenient for everyone.