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Code was conceived in 1987. It rattled around in my head for nearly a decade and was finally committed to a Microsoft Word file between January 1996 and July 1999. I offer many thanks:
to the readers of early drafts of Code who contributed comments, criticisms, and suggestions: Sheryl Canter, Jan Eastlund, Peter Goldeman, Lynn Magalska, and Deirdre Sinnott;
to my agent, Claudette Moore of Moore Literary Agency, and to everyone at Microsoft Press who helped make Code a reality, particularly those whose names are listed on the copyright page of this book and on the colophon, following the index;
to my mother, who never held me back;
to Little Cat, who shared my apartment with me from 1982 through May 1999, and who inspired many cat references in my writing;
to Web sites such as Bibliofind (www.bibliofind.com) and Advanced Book Exchange (www.abebooks.com) that offer convenient access to used books, and to the staff of the Science, Industry, and Business Library (SIBL) branch of the New York Public Library (www.nypl.org);
to my friends in the rooms, without whose support none of this would be possible;
and again to Deirdre, my ideal reader and so much more.
Charles Petzold
July 15, 1999
An annotated bibliography for this book is available on the World Wide Web site www.charlespetzold.com/code.
Charles Petzold wrote the classic Programming Windows®, which is currently in its fifth edition and one of the best-known and widely used programming books of all time. He was honored in 1994 with the Windows Pioneer Award, presented by Microsoft® founder Bill Gates and Windows Magazine. He has been programming with Windows since first obtaining a beta Windows 1.0 SDK in the spring of 1985, and he wrote the very first magazine article on Windows programming in 1986. Charles is an MVP for Client Application Development and the author of several other books including Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software.