Software Development: Building Reliable Systems

Acknowledgments

To Harris Kern, who convinced me to write this book in the first place and seemed always available, no matter where in the world he traveled, to review anything from a new paragraph to new drafts of the entire book. Harris worked with me every step of the way, from the first outlines to the final draft, and without his help and support this book would never have been completed.

To Dr. Ray Toal, of Loyola Marymount University. Besides writing the foreword, he edited numerous drafts of the book, contributing greatly to its final form. Dr. Toal, as only a true professor could, scrutinized many of the technical details and examples in the book for accuracy. In addition, he would routinely point out whenever my own work experience introduced ...