Colophon

Of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

Ecclesiastes 12:12

This book is written in 10.5 point Times-Roman, with code text set in 10.5 point Lucida Sans Typewriter. Code examples in the text appear in 8 point Lucida Sans Typewriter, and in figures in 6 point Lucida Sans Typewriter. Annotations are set in 8 point Helvetica in diagrams, and in 7 point Helvetica in the code listings.

The text was written using the elvis, vim, and nvi editors on several computers: a Mitac 6020 running Microsoft Windows 98 and RedHat Linux 6.1; a Toshiba Satellite 35 running Microsoft Windows 2000 and RedHat Linux 7.1; an IBM PC-340 running FreeBSD 4.1-RELEASE and later 4.6; and a Digital DNARD (Shark) running ...

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