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Udi Dahan
Udi Dahan is The Software Simplist, an internationally renowned
expert on software architecture and design. A solutions architec-
ture and connected systems MVP for four consecutive years, Udi
is also one of 33 experts in Europe recognized by the International
.NET Association, an author and trainer for the International Association of
Software Architects, and an SOA, Web Services, and XML Guru recommended
by DDJ.
When not consulting, speaking, or training, Udi leads the development of
NServiceBus, the most popular open source .NET enterprise service bus. He
can be contacted via his blog at http://www.UdiDahan.com.
“Beware the Share,” page 14Verity Stob
Verity Stob is the pseudonym of a programmer based in London,
England. Although she professes competence in C++ and the usual
curly-bracketed scripting languages, and designs and writes code
for a number of platforms, she is probably at her happiest and does
least harm when she is making Windows programs in CodeGear’s Delphi.
For over 20 years, Verity has written supposedly amusing articles and columns
for various magazines, newspapers, and websites, including the legendary (i.e.,
long-defunct) .EXE Magazine, the mold-breaking (i.e., more recently defunct)
Dr. Dobb’s Journal, and the scurrilous (i.e., actually profitable) The Register. In
2005, she published a collection of these pieces as The Best of Verity Stob (Apress),
and so achieved a lifetime’s ambition—to be paid twice for the same work.
Verity regards her entry in Wikipedia as a travesty of brevity.
“Don’t Nail Your Program into the Upright Position,” page 56Walter Bright
Walter Bright is a compiler writer, having implemented compil-
ers for C, C++, ECMAScript, ABEL, Java, and, most recently, the
D programming language. Walter is also known for inventing the
Empire strategy game.
“The Linker Is Not a Magical Program,” page 106