I THANK THE JOHN WILEY & SONS AND WROX Press editorial and production teams for their support. Especially, thank you to Jim Minatel, executive editor at Wiley, for giving me a chance to write this new edition, Adaobi Obi Tulton, project editor, for managing this project, and Marylouise Wiack, copy editor, for improving readability and consistency and making sure the text is grammatically correct.

A very special thank you to my technical editor, Peter Van Weert, for his outstanding technical review. His many constructive comments and ideas have certainly made this book better.

Of course, the support and patience of my parents and my brother were very important in finishing this book. I would also like to express my sincere gratitude toward my employer, Nikon Metrology, for supporting me during this project.

Finally, I thank you, the reader, for trying this approach to professional C++ software development.