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There's only one name on the cover, but a host of people helped out with the
book and they all deserve my thanks.
I'll start with Rick Ross, who encouraged me to write and who introduced me
to Manning Publications and publisher Marjan Bace. Manning was a joy to
work with, thanks to Denis Dalinnik, Jody Gilbert, Mike Levin, Dottie Marsico,
Sharon Mullins, Frank Blackwell, Mary Piergies, Karen Tegtmeyer, Helen Trimes
and the rest of the crew.
Thanks also to reviewers Tim Bray, Simon Brown, Steven Citron-Pousty, Rick
Evans, Jack Herrington, Frank Jania, Lance Lavandowska, Robert McGovern,
John Mitchell, Jaap van der Molen, Yoav Shapira, Doug Warren, Henri Yandell,
Peter George, Paul Kedrosky, Joe Rainsberger, Pim Van Heuven, Patrick Chan-
ezon, Alejandro Abdelnur, and Walter Von Koch who all provided invaluable
feedback in the early reviews of the book. And special thanks to Mike Levin who
was the technical proofreader of the final manuscript.
Thanks to Simon Phipps, who wrote the foreword and who was brave
enough to use the book's software to run his personal web site. And thanks to
Masood Mortazavi, who provided the text about "Value at Risk" in the first
screen shot that appears in chapter 1.
Once again, I have to thank my family, who are happier than anybody that