Acknowledgments

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I would first like to thank Bill Calkins for recommending me to New Riders as a technical editor; it all started from there. Thanks, Bill: I've had a great time. Thanks also to Phil Kostenbader and Mary Morris for sharing their great wealth of experience in providing a thorough and comprehensive technical review. Your comments have been absolutely priceless.

Thanks to Ann Quinn at New Riders for constantly providing the encouraging words and for being so patient when the deadlines passed ”and passed again! And to Tom Cirtin, who has done a magnificent job of pulling it all together: his insight and experience has made all the difference. And to the rest of the team at New Riders for making it all possible.

Finally, I would like to thank all those people I have worked with over the years , but especially Alan Wakefield (AG), for first recognizing that I had an aptitude for computing and encouraging its development, and Andrew Erving ”no one could ask for a better boss. Without the experiences and the memories that I'll carry forever, it wouldn't have been nearly as much fun!

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