About the Lead Author

Mark Slagell….

… works as a system administrator and developer, using Ruby as a common language tool to solve problems in a heterogeneous Unix/Windows environment;

… has taught C++ programming and developed original course materials at the university level;

… holds a Master's degree in computer science and has participated in information security research involving the development of mobile agent tools in Java for distributed intrusion detection;

… got his start hand-assembling machine code for the 6502 and Z80 processors back in the dark, misty days of microcomputing (and predictably, has been fascinated ever since with the whole idea of computer languages);

… enjoys small-town life in Iowa and feels that in a world characterized ...

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