Larry Tesler, who passed away last month at the age of 75, had a long and illustrious career as a computer scientist. Over the years, he was employed by Xerox, PARC, Apple, Amazon, and Yahoo. Tesler’s professional credits include helping to develop the first object-oriented programming language, as well as the first word processor with a graphical user interface. Along with a colleague, he conceived and developed the copy-and-paste computer function.
Quotes: “It’s my personality, if I ever hear somebody say something’s impossible or extremely difficult, almost impossible, it’s a challenge and I always try to do it.” | “Every application has an inherent amount of irreducible complexity. The only question is who will have to deal with it, the user or the developer (programmer or engineer).”
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