Programming C# 3.0, 5th Edition

Acknowledgments

From Jesse Liberty

I want to thank the extraordinary technical editors who worked on this book: Joe Albahari, Glyn Griffiths, Jay Hilyard, Robert McGovern, and Alex Turner. Special thanks go to Ian Griffiths, who provided extensive technical editing and expertise, and is one of the nicest and smartest people on the planet.

This is the fifth edition of Programming C#, and too many friends and readers have helped me improve the book to possibly name them all. John Osborn signed me to O'Reilly, for which I will forever be in his debt, and Tim O'Reilly continues to provide an amazing independent publishing house with some of the highest standards in the industry.

And no, the authors don't get to pick the animals on the cover.

A key player in making this book a far better one than the one I wrote was Brian MacDonald; he is an amazingly talented editor and a preternaturally patient man. Without his organizational skills, his unrelenting commitment to excellence, and his unfailing good humor, this book literally would not have been possible. I must also heartily thank my coauthor Donald Xie (who helped me discover that although calling Australia by Skype may be free, calling direct for 30 minutes costs $150!), without whom this edition would not have been on the shelves before C# 4.0!

Many have written in with errata large and small for previous editions, and for that I am very grateful. We've worked hard to fix all of the mistakes, no matter how trivial. We've scoured the book ...