Acknowledgments

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This book is my third Pragmatic book produced in enjoyable cooperation with the outstanding editor Adaobi Obi Tulton. I can’t stop admiring her helpfulness, mastery of the language, knowledge of the procedures, and willingness to understand the subject.

The book was inspired by many students that I had taught, tutored, and advised in the last twenty years, too plentiful to acknowledge by name. However, I must explicitly mention Andrea Olsen and Anna Nyulund: they were the muses of the book who triggered me into writing the manuscript.

My dear friend Dmitrii Cherevik was not an official technical reviewer, but his contribution to the clarity and correctness of the story is enormous.

The official technical reviewers combed the manuscript for any errors, typos, and inconsistencies that I overlooked. So here they are, listed in the alphabetic order of their last names: Anatol Gusakov, Evgenii Kozhanov, Svetlana Levitan, Emin Mammadov, Ankush Patel, Gabriela Karina Paulus, Aditi Singh, Ilya Usvyatsky, and Dan Wanjohi.

My beloved family: my wife, Anna; my daughter, Eugenia; my son, Roman; and my cats, Cesar and Susan — as always, they provided immense encouragement and emotional support.

Last but not least, my dear friend Boris Bugalter loaned me his second display exclusively to be used as a…