Acknowledgements

I'd like to thank all those readers who have provided feedback on the first two editions of this book, especially those who have posted reviews on Amazon.com; their contributions have made this a better book.

I'd also like to thank Jeff Pepper, my editor at Prentice-Hall, for his support and encouragement. Without him, this third edition would never have been published.

Finally, I would like to express my appreciation to John P. Linderman at AT Labs Research for his help with the code in the chapter on sorting immense files.