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Acknowledgments

Wow, I can't believe I'm writing the acknowledgments for this book . . . it means I'm actually done! It has been several years since my last book, and at first it was very difficult to again start writing a book this long in English. Quite a few people deserve credit for helping me complete this book, and it's my great pleasure to say thank you to them. First of all, the two people that I constantly kept in touch with throughout the entire development of the book, which lasted seven months: Eric Engler and Rosanne Koneval. Eric was my technical reviewer, but he did much more than verify the accuracy of the technical details and the code; he actually added more information where required and polished a lot of my prose. I consider him more as a co-author than a tech reviewer. Rosanne was the development editor, who improved my writing even further, making it much more readable and clear. She also tried to ensure I kept the book on schedule. Unfortunately, I wasn't very good at that, but I sincerely thank Rosanne for always being understating and supportive, even when I didn't deserve it. Jim Minatel, the acquisitions editor, was also great in helping to define the overall structure and content of the book, and often provided suggestions to improve it in various ways. What I appreciated most in all three of these people is the fact that they always gave me the impression that they really believed in the project and liked it. I can assure you that this means a lot, ...