TOBY SHAPSHAK: Cut, paste, delete: RIP Larry Tesler
Computer scientist Tesler (no, not Tesla) designed many functions we now find essential for working on the screen
27 February 2020 - 05:00
You’ve probably never heard of Larry Tesler, but every time you cut and paste on your computer it’s because of him.
Tesler, who died last week at 74, was a legendary early computer scientist who pioneered the functions we now take for granted — especially the essential cut, copy and paste — as well as many more technologies that are now just as commonplace...
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