Acknowledgements

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C++ For Artists was made possible by the hard work and support of many talented people and companies. Some friends contributed unknowingly in unexpected ways.

I would first like to thank Harish Ruchandani and Tracy Millman, my former colleagues at Booz | Allen | Hamilton, for patiently listening to my ideas about writing this book and for providing critical comment on early versions of several chapters.

Many thanks to my good friend Jose Pi for many great mornings spent surfing California waves, and to Michael Leahy, a merchant mariner of the highest caliber, for letting me drive his Ferrari with no strings attached.

I would like to thank Anke Braun, Thayne Conrad, and Petra Rector of Prentice-Hall for entertaining my proposal and trying to fit C++ For Artists into the Prentice-Hall product line. Thanks also go to Jim Leisy of Franklin, Beedle & Associates, Inc., for seeing the merit in this work.

Special thanks go to the reviewers employed by Prentice-Hall who provided invaluable critical comment on chapters 1 through 13. They include: John Godel, James Huddleston, Dr. Samuel Kohn, and Ms. Anne B. Horton. C++ For Artists is significantly improved by their attention to detail.

Independent reviewers of different portions of the text include Ken Stern and Brendan Richards of SAIC. It is truly a pleasure working with such talented people.

I want to thank Apple™ Computer Inc., for providing product images of the PowerMac™, Motorola, Inc. for providing images of the PowerPC 7400 and related architecture diagrams, Embarcadero Technologies, Inc., for granting me a full-use license of Describe™, and Michael Archtadeous for working in the trenches to produce ObjectPlant™.

Lastly, without the fathomless patience of Coralie Miller, an amazing woman, this book would simply not exist.

Rick Miller
Falls Church, Virginia
7 July 2003

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