'Your workday is easier thanks to his revolutionary ideas,' Xerox tweeted on Wednesday
Larry Tesler, best known for inventing the computer commands “cut,” “copy” and “paste,” has died, multiple outlets report. He was 74.
Tesler, a computer scientist, began working in the 1960s, before computers were accessible and easy to use, according to theThroughout his long career, he worked for Xerox, Apple, Amazon and Yahoo, and is responsible for creating many of the commands that make modern computers so user-friendly. “The inventor of cut/copy & paste, find & replace, and more was former Xerox researcher Larry Tesler,” Xeroxon Wednesday, two days after Tesler’s death. “Your workday is easier thanks to his revolutionary ideas.”
Tesler joined Xerox at the company’s Palo Alto Research Center in 1973, and it was there that he invented the now-ubiquitous cut, copy and paste commands,According to the BBC, the Bronx-born Tesler left Xerox after being hired by Steve Jobs. He stayed at Apple for the next 17 years, eventually becoming chief scientist. The cut, copy and paste commands were reportedly incorporated into Apple’s software beginning in 1983.
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