Creator of copy and paste command, Larry Tesler, dies aged 74

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Scientist copied the printing technique of physically cutting and glueing printed text

Tributes have been paid to Larry Tesler, the computer scientist who introduced the cut, copy and paste commands, after his death at age 74. The Stanford University graduate, who was a pioneer of early computing, died on Monday in San Francisco.

 

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Just used Copy/Paste a few seconds before I saw this... RIP.

What a loss. RIP, you made made life a lot easier for millions.

A Legend!! Saviour to so many Students..teachers RIP🙏

CTRL C, CTRL V

If unsung hero was a person. RIP Legend. May your legacy always endure.

Absolute legend this guy

Can we just clone him? 🤔

One of those giants we take for granted.

RIP Larry Tesler RIP Larry Tesler RIP Larry Tesler RIP Larry Tesler RIP Larry Tesler RIP Larry Tesler RIP Larry Tesler RIP Larry Tesler RIP Larry Tesler RIP Larry Tesler RIP Larry Tesler RIP Larry Tesler RIP Larry Tesler RIP Larry Tesler RIP Larry Tesler RIP Larry Tesler

Ctrl - F

RIP clever human

CTRL+Z

RIP Lerry 😔😔😔😢

Aww man Aww man Aww man Aww man Aww man Aww man

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if only we could EditUndo -

Previously there were modes... he hated them, if we hadn't stopped using them, so would you...

My fave command. RIP.

One of the essential life skills, knowing that he has saved us millions and millions of hours of painful data entry. RIP

CTRL RIP

He also created a need for anti-plagiarism software

Very sad, and Thank You Larry.💗💗Copy and Paste.

Alas Larry has gone on. I assume he also invented the command control v?

Creator of copy and paste command, Larry Tesler, dies aged 74

He Helped me a lot in my school assignments 😀

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