The
ideas and understanding in this book have come from many sources: friends like
Dan Saks, Scott Meyers, Charles Petzold, and Michael Wilk; pioneers of the
language like Bjarne Stroustrup, Andrew Koenig, and Rob Murray; members of the
C++ Standards Committee like Nathan Myers (who was particularly helpful and
generous with his insights), Tom Plum, Reg Charney, Tom Penello, Chuck Allison,
Sam Druker, and Uwe Steinmueller; people who have spoken in my C++ track at the
Software Development Conference; and very often students in my seminars, who
ask the questions I need to hear in order to make the material clearer.
I
have been presenting this material on tours produced by Miller Freeman Inc.
with my friend Richard Hale Shaw. Richard’s insights and support have
been very helpful (and Kim’s, too). Thanks also to KoAnn Vikoren, Eric
Faurot, Jennifer Jessup, Nicole Freeman, Barbara Hanscome, Regina Ridley, Alex
Dunne, and the rest of the cast and crew at MFI.
The
book design, cover design, and cover photo were created by my friend Daniel
Will-Harris, noted author and designer, who used to play with rub-on letters in
junior high school while he awaited the invention of computers and desktop
publishing. However, I produced the camera-ready pages myself, so the
typesetting errors are mine. Microsoft
®
Word for Windows 97 was used to write the book and to create camera-ready
pages. The body typeface is [Times for the electronic distribution] and the
headlines are in [Times for the electronic distribution].
The
people at Prentice Hall were wonderful. Thanks to Alan Apt, Sondra Chavez, Mona
Pompili, Shirley McGuire, and everyone else there who made life easy for me.
A
special thanks to all my teachers, and all my students (who are my teachers as
well).
Personal
thanks to my friends Gen Kiyooka and Kraig Brockschmidt. The supporting cast of
friends includes, but is not limited to: Zack Urlocker, Andrew Binstock, Neil
Rubenking, Steve Sinofsky, JD Hildebrandt, Brian McElhinney, Brinkley Barr,
Larry O’Brien, Bill Gates at Midnight Engineering Magazine, Larry
Constantine & Lucy Lockwood, Tom Keffer, Greg Perry, Dan Putterman, Christi
Westphal, Gene Wang, Dave Mayer, David Intersimone, Claire Sawyers, Claire
Jones, The Italians (Andrea Provaglio, Laura Fallai, Marco Cantu, Corrado, Ilsa
and Christina Giustozzi), Chris & Laura Strand, The Almquists, Brad Jerbic,
Marilyn Cvitanic, The Mabrys, The Haflingers, The Pollocks, Peter Vinci, The
Robbins Families, The Moelter Families (& the McMillans), The Wilks, Dave
Stoner, Laurie Adams, The Penneys, The Cranstons, Larry Fogg, Mike & Karen
Sequeira, Gary Entsminger & Allison Brody, Chester Andersen, Joe Lordi,
Dave & Brenda Bartlett, The Rentschlers, The Sudeks, Lynn & Todd, and
their families. And of course, Mom & Dad.