Foundations of C++/CLI: The Visual C++ Language for .NET 3.5

Acknowledgments

This book would never have been possible had it not been for the constant support of Jeni, my lovely wife. I am very grateful to her for her patience with me during the project and for generally being such an inspiring presence in my life. I also want to heartily thank Damien Watkins, whose support, tough technical editing, humor, and encouragement all helped this text come together. I was also fortunate enough to have a technical review of Chapter 12 by Nikola Dudar, formerly of the Visual C++ PM team, whose detailed knowledge of STL/CLR was much appreciated. The text also benefited greatly from feedback from many Microsoft employees who devoted their time and attention to reviewing the first edition: Arjun Bijanki, whose knowledge ...