About the Author

IVOR HORTON started out as a mathematician, but after graduating he was lured into messing around with computers by a well-known manufacturer. He has spent many happy years programming occasionally useful applications in a variety of languages as well as teaching scientists and engineers to do likewise. He has extensive experience in applying computers to problems in engineering design and manufacturing operations. He is the author of a number of tutorial books on programming in C, C++, and Java. When not writing programming books or providing advice to others, he leads a life of leisure.