The History of the "Undo" Function?

Posted by Cliff on Tuesday January 7, 2003 @04:23PM from the better-than-a-eras^H^H^H^Hbackspace-key dept.

TheLocustNMI asks: "So, earlier today as I was typing out some magnum opus of a stored procedure, I highlighted to copy it, and hit SPACE instead of Ctrl-C. Without thinking, I hit Ctrl-Z to 'undo' my folly. Pausing a moment to reflect, I realized that I own countless hours of thanks to whomever came up with the "undo" button. In short -- my question is this -- where did it come from? What are the earliest implementations of the 'undo'? (a quick googling returns this page, a cornucopia of undo and history related treatises)"

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lost hours of work? from ctrl-z? by Anonymous Coward · 2003-01-07 17:21 · Score: -1, Troll

What could you possibly have been doing that ctrl-z made you "lose hours of work?" Other than trying to come up with the submission to slashdot, of course.
IN SOVIET RUSSIA by Anonymous Coward · 2003-01-07 17:31 · Score: -1, Troll

History undoes you!
IN 1984 by Adam9 · 2003-01-07 20:04 · Score: 1, Troll

In 1984 history undoes YOU!