Acknowledgments

I would like to thank my family and friends for their support, encouragement, and patience. I especially would like to thank my wife, Linda, for bravely adapting to my life of adventure. A special thanks goes to Chris DiBona for suggesting I write a book and then introducing me to Rael Dornfest.

Many thanks to Tim O'Reilly and the fine folks at O'Reilly Media who conceived PDF Hacks and then worked with me to create the excellent book you are holding. In particular, I am most grateful to Rael Dornfest for his keen oversight and to Simon St.Laurent for taking my manuscript in hand and turning it into a book.

A special thanks goes to Eric Tamm (http://www.erictamm.com) for allowing me to use his book, Brian Eno: His Music and the Vertical Color of Sound (Da Capo Press), in my examples. Visit http://erictamm.com/tammeno.html to download his book, or purchase the print edition from your favorite bookstore.

Thanks to Scott Tupaj for going through the code and double-checking the technical details. Thanks also go to Raph Levien, Edd Dumbill, Scott Tupaj, Marsha Steward, Stan Shoptaugh, Paula Morrison, and Mike Sherman (http://www.svwh.net) for their ideas, their careful review, and their thoughtful feedback.

Many thanks and deep gratitude go to the folks behind C++, STL, GCC, GCJ, and Debian.