NEW YORK — The man who created the computer shortcuts including “cut,” “copy” and “paste,” has died. He was 74. “The inventor of cut/copy & paste, find & replace, and more was former Xerox researcher ...
It’s strange to imagine where we’d be if we didn’t have Larry Tesler’s cut, copy, and paste commands. They’re so rudimentary to modern computer functions, and yet there was a time they didn’t exist.