Acknowledgments

Writing a book requires not only an author, but a whole host of support from many sources. In our case, one very important source of encouragement and support came from our mentor and colleague, Ryan Gilmore. Not only did Ryan teach both of us JMP Scripting Language when we started working in JMP Technical Support years ago, he critiqued the original book while in its infancy and helped guide us to write a better book. Thank you, Ryan.

We would also like to thank former and present members of the JMP Technical Support team for their support, including our managers Eddie Routten and Duane Hayes. Thank you all for your encouragement.

To John Sall who conceived and started JMP software, we are inspired by your enthusiasm and honored to have the opportunity to work with you and the rest of the JMP Division.

Special thanks go to our reviewers extraordinaire, who offered their expertise and advice on our drafts despite full-time duties elsewhere: Mark Bailey, Monica Beals, Justin Chilton, and Adam Morris.

Thank you, Catherine Connolly, our exceptional developmental editor. Many thanks go to Stacy Suggs, Robert Harris, Denise Jones, and Joel Byrd, who took our drafts and created the beautiful finished product. And to Julie Palmieri, SAS Press Editor-in-Chief, we thank you for giving us the opportunity to publish our scripting book.

And finally, we thank our families for their endless support during the writing of this book. Thank you Graham and Walker Murphrey, for your patience and understanding. And last but not least, we especially thank our spouses, Bob Lucas and Britt Murphrey, for taking on extra duties so that we could work on the book.