From Mathematics to Generic Programming

Acknowledgments

We would like to thank all the people who contributed to making this book a reality. Our management at A9.com actively supported this project from the beginning. Bill Stasior initiated the creation of the course this book is based on, and selected the topic from among several options we offered. Brian Pinkerton not only attended the course, but also strongly encouraged our idea of turning the material into a book. We also would like to thank Mat Marcus, who collaborated with Alex on a similar course at Adobe in 2004–2005.

The other members of the Fundamental Data Structures and Algorithms for Search team played important roles throughout the process. Anil Gangolli helped shape the content of the course, Ryan Ernst provided much ...