Elliotte Rusty Harold
Elliotte Rusty Harold是Internet方面国际知名的作家、程序员和教育家。他最早曾为Usenet的Macintosh新闻组撰写FAQ列表,以后开始写书。他目前在Brooklyn理工大学教授Java和面向对象编程。他的网站Cafe Au Lait(http://metalab.unc.
edu/javafaq)是Internet上最受欢迎的独立Java在线资源。
Elliotte在路易斯安那新奥尔良市长大,至今他还会定期回去。他现在与妻子Beth,猫Charm(得名于基本粒子粲夸克)和Majorie(得名于他的继母)生活在Brooklyn附近的Prospect Heights。不写书的时候,他喜欢研究族谱、数学和量子力学。他以前的著作还包括《Java I/O》以及其他一些Java和XML的作品。
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Elliotte Rusty Harold 出生于新奥尔良,他会定期回到那里寻找用坚硬的粘土制成的碗。但是目前他与妻子Beth以及宠物猫Charm(与夸克同名)和Marjorie(与其岳母同名)住在布鲁克林附近的Prospect 高地。他是Polytechnic 大学计算机系的副教授。他的Cafe au Lait网站(http://www.ibiblio.org/javafaq)业已成为因特网上最为流行的独立Java站点之一。其子站点Cafe con Leche(http://www.ibiblio.
org/xml)则成为因特网上最为流行的XML站点之一。在本书之前,Elliotte为O'Reilly公司编写的书包括《Java I/O》和《Java Network Programming》。
The animal on the cover of Java Network Programming, Third Edition, is a North American river otter (Lutra canadensis ). These small carnivores are found in all major waterways of the United States and Canada, and in almost every habitat except the tundra and the hot, dry regions of the southwestern U.S. They weigh about 20 pounds and are approximately two and a half feet long, and females tend to be about a third smaller than males. Their diet consists mainly of aquatic animals like fish and frogs, but since they spend about two-thirds of their time on land, they also eat the occasional bird or rodent.Two layers of fur—a coarse outer coat and a thick, dense inner coat—protect a river otter from the cold, and, in fact, they seem to enjoy playing in snow and ice. When diving, a river otter's pulse rate slows to only 20 beats per minute from its normal 170, conserving oxygen and allowing the otter to stay underwater longer. These animals are sociable and domesticated easily, and in Europe, a related species was once trained to catch fish for people to eat.