IT expert Larry Tesler, known as the father of “Cut, Copy, Paste” feature has passed away at the age of 74. Born in the Bronx, New York, in 1945, he studied computer science at Stanford University in California. Larry later went on to work for the likes of Amazon, Apple, Yahoo, & the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC).
Larry Tesler, Apple employee who created cut-and-paste, dies at 74 -CNET
Computer scientist and user interface guru Larry Tesler, a key figure at Apple during its early years, died Monday at the age of 74, according to Apple Insider. Tesler pioneered the concept of “cut-copy-paste” during his time at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center in the 1970s. In the following two decades at Apple, he would be deeply involved in the user interface design of the Lisa, Macintosh and Newton, a precursor to the iPhone.
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