Acknowledgments

Larry sends warm fuzzies and a fruit basket each to...

Andi Signer, co-author. Writing a book is a lot of work and I couldn’t have done this one without you. Thanks for all of your excellent work and input.

Everyone at Peachpit Press, as always. Special mention goes out to: Nancy Ruenzel, Nancy Davis, and Marjorie Baer; the marketing team, for telling the booksellers about the book; Lisi Baldwin, for sending translated copies on to me; and the other dozen or so people at Peachpit and Pearson whose names and titles I don’t know but should.

Rebecca Gulick, editor, cheerleader, mediator, and guidance counselor (in a good way).

Bob Campbell, copy editor, for his excellent attention to detail, his suggestions, and his feedback.

Thanks also to Karin Arrigoni for indexing and to Pat Christenson, Owen Wolfson, and Amy Hassos for managing the production and laying out the book, respectively.

Brent Knigge, technical editor, for your honest opinions, strict adherence to the standards, and eye on the greater marketplace. Thanks as well, for your continued assistance in supporting readers through my book forums.

Thanks, as always, to the readers, whose interest gives my job relevance.

And last, but never least, Jessica. Just a simple thanks for everything.

Andi would also like to thank...

Larry Ullman. Thanks for writing a book together with a newbie author, and for all the valuable hints about writing you gave me.

My co-workers. The discussions about pros and cons of C++ were very interesting and gave me a lot of insight.

My friends. Either for discussing code and providing valuable input, or for keeping me away from my computer.