Acknowledgments

This book would not have been possible without the support of many amazing people:

• Personal friends and people who provided valuable reviews and suggestions on a volunteer basis: Richard Walker, Jan Saganowski, Brian Goetz, Stuart Marks, Cem Redif, Paul Sandoz, Stephen Colebourne, Íñigo Mediavilla, Allahbaksh Asadullah, Tomasz Nurkiewicz, and Michael Müller
• Our Manning Early Access Program (MEAP) readers who posted comments in the Author Online forum
• The reviewers from the development process who provided helpful feedback: Antonio Magnaghi, Brent Stains, Franziska Meyer, Furkan Kamachi, Jason Lee, Jörn Dinkla, Lochana Menikarachchi, Mayur Patil, Nikolaos Kaintantzis, Simone Bordet, Steve Rogers, Will Hayworth, and William Wheeler
• Kevin Harreld, our development editor at Manning, who was very patient in answering all our questions and concerns, provided detailed feedback for each of our draft chapters, and supported us in all possible ways
• Dennis Selinger and Jean-François Morin, who provided a thorough technical proofread of the manuscript shortly before it went to production; and Al Scherer, who provided technical expertise during development

Raoul-Gabriel Urma

First and foremost, I’d like to thank my parents for their endless love and support in my life. This little dream of writing a book has now come true! Next, I would like to express my eternal gratitude to Alan Mycroft, my PhD supervisor and coauthor, for his trust and support. I’d also like to thank my coauthor Mario Fusco for sharing this fun journey. Finally, I’d like to thank friends who have provided mentorship, useful advice, and encouragement in my life: Sophia Drossopoulou, Aidan Roche, Alex Buckley, Haadi Jabado, and Jaspar Robertson. You guys rock!

Mario Fusco

I’d like to especially thank my wife, Marilena, whose boundless patience allowed me to stay focused on the book, and our daughter, Sofia, because the infinite chaos she can produce allowed me to get creatively distracted from the book. As you’ll discover reading the book, Sofia also taught us, like only a two-year-old baby girl can, the difference between internal and external iteration. I’d like to also thank Raoul-Gabriel Urma and Alan Mycroft, with whom I shared the (big) joys and the (small) pains of this writing experience.

Alan Mycroft

I’d like to thank my wife, Hilary, and the rest of my family for enduring the many hours that “just a bit more work to do on the book” consumed. I also thank my colleagues and students over the years for teaching me how to teach, Mario and Raoul for being such efficient coauthors, and particularly Raoul for his skill at being so pleasantly demanding when requiring “the next bit of text by Friday.”