You cannot reduce the complexity of a given task beyond a certain point.
Once you&ve reached that point you can only shift the burden around.
~Larry TeslerOne of the people who helped create the current age of personal computing passed away this week: Larry Tesler (74), the computer scientist who invented copy---paste while at Xerox PARC.Entwined with Apple storyLong ago, when Xerox wanted to invest in Apple before its IPO, Apple demanded and got the right to visit the fabled Palo Alto Research Center.
The first such visit took place in 1980 (though some claim it took place in 1979).Larry Tesler, then the director of PARC, acted as Apple tour guide.