Aleksey's Acknowledgments

My special thanks go to my teammates at Meta for being my "extended family" for the past five years, and for creating and maintaining the most rewarding work environment ever. A fair amount of knowledge, concepts, and ideas reflected in this book were shaped during the pair programming sessions, seminars, and casual insightful discussions that we held here.

I also would like to thank all the people who in one or another way contributed to the development of the Boost Metaprogramming Librarythe tool that in some sense this book is centered around. There are many of them, but in particular, John R. Bandela, Fernando Cacciola, Peter Dimov, Hugo Duncan, Eric Friedman, Douglas Gregor, David B. Held, Vesa Karvonen, Mat Marcus, Paul Mensonides, Jaap Suter, and Emily Winch all deserve a special thank you.

My friends and family provided me with continued encouragement and support, and it has made a big difference in this journeythank you all so much!

Last but not least, I thank Julia for being herself, for believing in me, and for everything she has done for me. Thank you for everything.