Acknowledgments

Special thanks go to Josée Lajoie, coauthor of C++ Primer, 3rd Edition. She has been a wonderful support because of her insightful comments on the various drafts of this text and her unfailing encouragement. I also offer special thanks to Dave Slayton for going through both the text and the code examples with a razor-sharp green pencil, and to Steve Vinoski for his compassionate but firm comments on the drafts of this text.

Special thanks also go to the Addison-Wesley editorial team: Deborah Lafferty, who, as editor, supported this project from the beginning, Betsy Hardinger, who, as copyeditor, contributed greatly to the readability of the text, and John Fuller, who, as production manager, shepherded us from manuscript to bound text.

During the writing of this text, I worked as an independent consultant, multiplexing between Essential C++ and a set of (reasonably) understanding clients. I'd like to thank Colin Lipworth, Edwin Leonard, and Kenneth Meyer for their patience and good faith.