Professional F# 2.0

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

FIRST AND FOREMOST, I would like to thank Aaron, Rick, and Talbott for swooping in at the last second, carving off chunks of the vastly-overwhelming "TODO" list remaining to me, and knocking them off with nary a complaint or challenge. You guys have been a delight to work with. A tip of the hat must also go to Don Syme, Luke Hoban, Chris Smith, and the others on the F# team, who patiently answered stupid question after stupid question. Thanks must also go out to the various attendees who've listened to me prattle on about F#, both those who knew more about the subject than I, as well as those who knew less — all of you have been extremely helpful in honing the delivery of the answer to the question, "What is F#, why do I care, and how do I use it?" Matt Podwysocki in particular gets a hearty kudo for helping me understand some of the thornier functional concepts, and Kevin Hazzard gets one just for being himself.

Lastly, no book gets written without a support structure, and in this case, that structure consists principally of my wife, Charlotte, who patiently endured night after night of "I promise I'll be home by midnight" and wound up waiting for me 'til 3 or 4 AM, just to hear how my day (er... night) went. Hon, you deserved much better than me, but I'll never tell, on the off chance that you haven't figured it out yet.

—Ted Neward

I WOULD LIKE TO thank, my wife, my kids, and my professional colleagues for their support through this process. Of course, a hearty thanks ...