Acknowledgments
As readers of prefaces are well aware, writing a book is never an
effort undertaken solely by the authors who get all the credit on the
cover. We are deeply indebted to the following people for their help
and encouragement: Michael Loukides, who believed us when we said
that this was an important topic and who shepherded us through the
creative process; David Flanagan, for valuable feedback on the
drafts; Deb Cameron, for editing sometimes rambling text into
coherency; Hong Zhang, for helping us with Windows threading issues;
and Reynold Jabbour, Wendy Talmont, Steve Wilson, and Tim Cramer for
supporting us in our work over the past six years.
Mostly, we must thank our respective families. To James, who gave
Scott the support and encouragement necessary to see this book
through (and to cope with his continual state of distraction), and to
Nini, who knew to leave Henry alone for the ten percent of the time
when he was creative, and encouraged him the rest of the
time梩hank you for everything!
Finally, we must thank the many readers of the earlier editions of
this book who sent us invaluable feedback. We have tried our best to
answer every concern that they have raised. Keep those cards and
letters coming!
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