Dave's Acknowledgments

In February of 2004 I used an early version of this book to give a course for a brave group of engineers at Oerlikon Contraves, Inc. Thanks to all my students for struggling through the tough parts and giving the material a good shakedown. Special thanks go to Rejean Senecal for making that investment high-performance code with a long future, against the tide of a no-investment mentality.

Chuck Allison, Scott Meyers, and Herb Sutter have all encouraged me to get more of my work in printthanks guys, I hope this is a good start.

I am grateful to my colleagues on the C++ standards committee and at Boost for demonstrating that even with egos and reputations at stake, technical people can accomplish great things in collaboration. It's hard to imagine where my career would be today without these communities. I know this book would not have been possible without them.

Finally, for taking me to see the penguins, and for reminding me to think about them at least once per chapter, my fondest thanks go to Luann.