samuel p．harbison iii 于卡内基—梅隆大学获得计算机科学博士学位，现任carlow学院的计算机科学系副教授。他曾就职于德州仪器和tartan公司，还曾经担任c++程序设计语言标准化国际工作组的主席。他的研究领域涉及程序设计语言和软件开发工具。

guy l．steele jr．于mit获得计算机科学和人工智能博士学位，曾任卡内基-梅隆大学计算机科学系副教授，还曾就职于tartan实验室和thinking machines公司，1994年加入sun公司，主要从事并行算法、实现策略、软件支持等方面的研究以及java语言规范的制定。他曾是x3j11(c语言)标准委员会、x3j3(fortran)标准委员会成员，现在还担任x3j13(common lisp)标准委员会的主席。鉴于他在lisp语言词法方面的贡献，1988年acm授予他grace murray hopper奖。他于1990年被选为美国人工智能学会会士，于1994年被选为acm会士。他还曾任1990年acm图灵奖评审委员会的主席。

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