Foundations of F#

Acknowledgments

If there is one person I feel I should be acknowledging, it is Jim Huddleston, the book's editor. Jim was there from the book's beginning. He helped me get it commissioned, he aided me in working out the contents, he gave me much encouragement and constructive criticism, and he showed great skill as an editor. Sadly, Jim died on February 25, 2007, just as the book was entering its final stages of production. Even though I never met Jim in person, never even talked to him on the telephone, I feel a real sense of loss knowing he is gone. My thoughts are with his family at this very sad time, and I'm very disappointed that I never got to meet him in person and that he never saw the finished book.

Sadly, Jim's was not the only death ...