samuel p．harbison iii 於卡內基—梅隆大學獲得計算機科學博士學位，現任carlow學院的計算機科學係副教授。他曾就職於德州儀器和tartan公司，還曾經擔任c++程序設計語言標準化國際工作組的主席。他的研究領域涉及程序設計語言和軟件開發工具。

guy l．steele jr．於mit獲得計算機科學和人工智能博士學位，曾任卡內基-梅隆大學計算機科學係副教授，還曾就職於tartan實驗室和thinking machines公司，1994年加入sun公司，主要從事並行算法、實現策略、軟件支持等方麵的研究以及java語言規範的製定。他曾是x3j11(c語言)標準委員會、x3j3(fortran)標準委員會成員，現在還擔任x3j13(common lisp)標準委員會的主席。鑒於他在lisp語言詞法方麵的貢獻，1988年acm授予他grace murray hopper奬。他於1990年被選為美國人工智能學會會士，於1994年被選為acm會士。他還曾任1990年acm圖靈奬評審委員會的主席。

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