Dedication

I began programming as a 13-year-old on a Timex Sinclair 1000, a computer with a 3.25 MHz processor and 2KB of memory that used a TV as a monitor. I’d like to dedicate this book to the person who bought that computer and never complained when I immediately stole it from him—my dad, Roger Cadenhead, Sr. Thanks, Dad! That led me to this.

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