- Verity Stob
Verity Stob is a
pseudonym of aprogrammer based in the UK who also contributes articles to journals: she first wrote for.EXE magazine (defunct), thenDr. Dobb's Journal , and currently contributes toThe Register . Her texts are famous for sharp wit.The name 'Verity' was chosen in honour of
Verity Lambert Fact|date=February 2007, the first producer ofDoctor Who , but she denies the rumours put about by some of her former editors that her surname is a contraction of 'STOp Bit' (because the column used to run as the last article in .EXE Magazine)Fact|date=February 2007.She has been a programmer since 1984 and a columnist since 1988.
Book
* The Best Of Verity Stob: Highlights Of Verity Stob's Famous Columns From Exe, Dr Dobb's Journal, And The Register; ISBN 1-59059-442-8
External links
Articles
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20051104225701/http://www.jsquared.co.uk/jennyl/verity.htm How to survive a code walk-through]
* [http://www.regdeveloper.co.uk/verity_stob/ Articles on The Register (2003 - Present)]
* [http://www.ddj.com/columns/stob/ List of articles published on Dr Dobb's Journal (some articles require subscription)]Book
* [http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=410 About The Best of Verity Stob, from the publishers]
* [http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/02/04/the_best_of_verity_stob_review/ A review of The Best of Verity Stob, at The Register]
* [http://hostit1.connectria.com/twduff/home.nsf/plinks/TDUF-69A63B Another review of The Best of Verity Stob, at Duffbert's Random Musings]Other
* [http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/02/2253212 Aspect-Oriented Programming with AspectJ, a Slashdot story submission by Verity Stob]
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