Larry Tesler pioneered cut-and-paste, the one-button mouse, WYSIWYG (2005)
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Re: Larry Tesler pioneered cut-and-paste, the one-button mouse, WYSIWYG (2005)
#2(2020)
Re: Larry Tesler pioneered cut-and-paste, the one-button mouse, WYSIWYG (2005)
#3Larry Tesler was a great figure in computing history, but why is this being reposted now?
"Inventor of Cut/Paste" is such a ... limited ... way to describe his accomplishments.
Re: Larry Tesler pioneered cut-and-paste, the one-button mouse, WYSIWYG (2005)
#4Larry Tesler was a great figure in computing history, but why is this being reposted now? "Inventor of Cut/Paste" is such a ... limited ... way to describe his accomplishments.
The article does mention other things, though it makes sense that they would highlight what he's most-famous for.
Re: Larry Tesler pioneered cut-and-paste, the one-button mouse, WYSIWYG (2005)
#5Larry Tesler was a great figure in computing history, but why is this being reposted now? "Inventor of Cut/Paste" is such a ... limited ... way to describe his accomplishments.
I think it's a fantastic way to describe his accomplishments, it gives context to how early and groundbreaking his work was in a way that even the least tech-savvy can understand. Everyone knows what cut and paste are, no one thinks about the fact that someone had to come up with it.
Re: Larry Tesler pioneered cut-and-paste, the one-button mouse, WYSIWYG (2005)
#6It amazes me that something as simple and obvious as cut and paste had to be invented. Even more amazing that we can actually point to the person that did it.
Re: Larry Tesler pioneered cut-and-paste, the one-button mouse, WYSIWYG (2005)
#7Larry Tesler: Computer scientist behind cut, copy and paste dies aged 74
Re: Larry Tesler pioneered cut-and-paste, the one-button mouse, WYSIWYG (2005)
#8(2020)
Copy and pasting the old news story has to be some ironically fitting way to honor the man.
Re: Larry Tesler pioneered cut-and-paste, the one-button mouse, WYSIWYG (2005)
#9Larry Tesler was a great figure in computing history, but why is this being reposted now? "Inventor of Cut/Paste" is such a ... limited ... way to describe his accomplishments.
Limited, and also wrong -- Tesler didn't invent any of those. They existed already by 1973 (supposed date of these inventions at Xerox PARC); e.g. TECO from MIT and E from Yale had functionality for cutting/pasting, replacing strings, etc.
Re: Larry Tesler pioneered cut-and-paste, the one-button mouse, WYSIWYG (2005)
#10Discussed at the time:
Larry Tesler Has Died (gizmodo.com) 1346 points on Feb 19, 2020 | 155 comments
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22361282
Edit: Original URL updated from BBC obit to IEEE post so this is a bit of a non sequitur now.