C# in a Nutshell, Second Edition

Acknowledgments

This book would not be possible without the contribution and support of many individuals, including family, friends, and the hard-working folks at O’Reilly & Associates, Inc.

Brian Jepson and Lenny Muellner developed the programs responsible for generating Part IV and the Appendix F. Brian also developed the namespace maps that are found in the overviews that begin each chapter of the Reference with input from Ted and Peter. Peter Drayton developed the program that generated material for Appendix E. Ted Neward, Matthew MacDonald, Martin Smith, Steve Spainhour, and Brian Jepson wrote the more than 700 insightful namespace and type descriptions that make the API reference so valuable.

Brad Merrill of Microsoft wrote the sections on regular expressions and provided content for Appendix A.

Brad Abrams and members of his .NET Framework team contributed to the design of the API reference and provided technical review that immeasurably improved its quality. Additional technical review of the manuscript was provided by Joe Nalewabau and Kerry Loynd of Microsoft.

The C# in a Nutshell for Visual Studio .NET CD that accompanies the print version of this book is the work of many individuals. Mike Sierra of O’Reilly converted the API Quick Reference entries to Microsoft Help 2.0 format and added the XML tags needed to integrate their content with the Visual Studio .NET Dynamic Help system. His work was made easier by former O’Reilly tools group members Lenny Muellner and Erik Ray ...