Design Patterns Explained: A New Perspective on Object-Oriented Design

Acknowledgments

Almost every preface ends with a list of acknowledgments of those who helped in the development of the book. We never fully appreciated how true this was until doing a book of our own. Such an effort is truly a work of a community. The list of people to whom we are in debt is long. The following people are especially significant to us:

• Debbie Lafferty from Addison-Wesley, who never grew tired of encouraging us and keeping us on track.

• Scott Bain, our colleague who patiently reviewed this work and gave us insights.

• And especially Leigh and Jill, our patient wives, who put up with us and encouraged us in our dream of this book.

Special thanks from Alan:

• Several of my students early on had an impact they probably never knew. Many times ...