Ever copy-and-paste?

webecedarian · 27 Feb 2020, 10:39 AM

Here's who you have to thank.

Lawrence Tesler, Who Made Personal Computing Easier, Dies at 74
When you’re cutting and pasting, dragging the cursor over selected text and performing other common computer tasks, you can thank him.

In 1960, while attending the Bronx High School of Science, Mr. Tesler developed a new method of generating prime numbers. He showed it to one of his teachers, who was impressed. As Mr. Tesler later recalled, he told the teacher that the method was a formula; the teacher responded, “No, it’s not really a formula, it’s an algorithm, and it can be implemented on a computer.”

“Where do you find a computer?” Mr. Tesler asked.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/20/t...sler-dead.html

https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/20/tech/...rnd/index.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local...cfb_story.html

Bamb0 · 27 Feb 2020, 10:42 AM

Thats sad........ Yes I copy/paste all the time......

chrisretusn · 28 Feb 2020, 05:30 PM

Thats sad........ Yes I copy/paste all the time......

See what I did there.

EricG · 29 Feb 2020, 02:03 PM

Sounds like he invented mouse-based GUIs. There were mode-less text editors like Emacs in the 70s that used control chars. I used it a lot but can barely remember it now.

All you need is commands to mark a block of text, and copy and cut commands. Then you move the cursor and paste the buffer. I remember DEC had an editor like that too.

janusz · 1 Mar 2020, 11:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EricG

Sounds like he invented mouse-based GUIs. .

No, he didn't.
From the CNN article quoted by the OP:

Quote:

"I have been mistakenly identified as the 'father of the graphical user interface for the Macintosh,'" Tesler wrote on his website. "I was not. However, a paternity test might expose me as one of its many grandparents."

27 Feb 2020, 10:39 AM	#1
webecedarian Essential Contributor Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: NYC Posts: 479	Ever copy-and-paste? Here's who you have to thank. Lawrence Tesler, Who Made Personal Computing Easier, Dies at 74 When you’re cutting and pasting, dragging the cursor over selected text and performing other common computer tasks, you can thank him. In 1960, while attending the Bronx High School of Science, Mr. Tesler developed a new method of generating prime numbers. He showed it to one of his teachers, who was impressed. As Mr. Tesler later recalled, he told the teacher that the method was a formula; the teacher responded, “No, it’s not really a formula, it’s an algorithm, and it can be implemented on a computer.” “Where do you find a computer?” Mr. Tesler asked. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/20/t...sler-dead.html https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/20/tech/...rnd/index.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/local...cfb_story.html

27 Feb 2020, 10:42 AM	#2
Bamb0 Master of the @ Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: USA Posts: 1,864	Thats sad........ Yes I copy/paste all the time......

28 Feb 2020, 05:30 PM	#3
chrisretusn Cornerstone of the Community Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Philippines Posts: 843	Thats sad........ Yes I copy/paste all the time...... See what I did there.

29 Feb 2020, 02:03 PM	#4
EricG Essential Contributor Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Canada Posts: 296	Sounds like he invented mouse-based GUIs. There were mode-less text editors like Emacs in the 70s that used control chars. I used it a lot but can barely remember it now. All you need is commands to mark a block of text, and copy and cut commands. Then you move the cursor and paste the buffer. I remember DEC had an editor like that too.