Acknowledgments

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Many talented instructors, students, and programmers provided helpful comments and constructive suggestions during the preparation of this text. For their contributions to the quality of the first four editions of the book I extend my gratitude to A. Abonomah, University of Akron; Timothy Babbitt, Rochester Institute of Technology; William Barnett, Northwestern State University; Sherry Barriclow, Grand Valley State University; Robert Berman, Wayne State University; William Burrows, University of Washington; David Chao, San Francisco State University; Christopher Chisolm, University of Nebraska, Omaha; Robert Coil, Cincinnati State Technical and Community College; Gary Cornell, University of Connecticut; Ronit Dancis; John DaPonte, Southern Connecticut State University; Ward Deutschman, Briarcliff; Ralph Duffy, North Seattle Community College; Charles Fairchild; Pat Fenton, West Valley College; David Fichbohm, Golden Gate University; Robert Fritz, American River College; Matthew Goddard, New Hampshire Technical College; Mickie Goodro, Casper College; Wade T. Graves, Grayson Community College; Christine Griffin; Gary Haw, MIPS Software Development Inc.; Shelly Hawkins, Microsoft; Tom Janicki, Kent State University; Dana Johnson, North Dakota State University; Dan Joseph, Rochester Institute of Technology; Del Kimber, Clemson University; Wanda Kunkle, Rowan College; Paul Lecoq, San Francisco Community College; David Leitch, Devry Institute; David Letcher, The College of New Jersey; Kieran Mathieson, Oakland University; Charlie Miri, Delaware Tech; George Nezlek, DePaul University; Ron Notes, Hebrew Academy of Greater Washington; Mike Paul, Berry University; T. S. Pennington, Maple Woods Community College; Arland Richmond, Computer Learning Center; David Rosser, Essex County College; Arturo Salazar, San Francisco State; Susanne Peterson, Microsoft; Janie Schwark, Microsoft; Mike Talber, Portland Community College; Steve Turek, Devry Institute of Technology, Kansas City; Jac Van Deventer, Washington State University; Randy Weinberg, St. Cloud State University; Laurie Werner, Miami University; Melinda, White, Santa Fe Community College; Ronald Williams, Central Piedmont Community College; Amit Kalani, CIStems Solutions LLC; Priti Kalani, MobiEcast Corporation; Chris Panell, Heald College; Kevin Parker, Idaho State University; TJ Racoosin, rSolutions; and Bill Tinker, Aries Software.

The current edition benefited greatly from the valuable comments of the following knowledgeable reviewers:

Joe Mast, Eastern Mennonite University

Joe Brady, University of Delaware

Jim McKeown, Dakota State University

Syd Shewchuk, Heald College

Sara Rushinek, University of Miami

Chakib Chraibi, Barry University

Many people are involved in the successful publication of a book. I wish to thank the dedicated team at Prentice Hall whose support and diligence made this textbook possible, especially Marcia Horton, editor-in-chief, and Camille Trentacoste, managing editor.

I also express my thanks to Marc Leager, a talented programmer, who helped with the development of the book, and provided valuable insights and careful proofreading. I am grateful to Shaun Szot for his valuable proofreading. Production editor, Rose Kernan, and compositor Rebecca Evans did a fantastic job producing the book and keeping it on schedule.

I extend special thanks to my editor Tracy Dunkelberger. Her ideas and enthusiasm helped immensely with the preparation of the book.