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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:

Michaelis, Mark.
  Essential C# 2.0 / Mark Michaelis.
    p. cm.
  Includes index.
  ISBN 0-321-15077-5 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  1. C# (Computer program language) I. Title.

  QA76.73.C154M523 2006
  005.13'3dc22
                              2006009699

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Dedication

To my family: Elisabeth, Benjamin, Hanna, and Abigail.

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