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About the AuthorStephen R. Davis lives with his wife and son near Dallas, Texas. He andhis family have written numerous books including C++ For Dummies andC++ Weekend Crash Course. Stephen works for L-3 Communications.DedicationTo my friends and family, who help me be the best Dummy I can be.Author’s AcknowledgmentsI find it very strange that only a single name appears on the cover of anybook, but especially a book like this. In reality, many people contribute tothe creation of a For Dummies book. From the beginning, editorial directorMary Corder and my agent, Claudette Moore, were involved in guiding andmolding the book’s content. During the development of the five editions ofthis book, I found myself hip-deep in edits, corrections, and suggestions froma group of project editors, copyeditors, and technical reviewers — this bookwould have been a poorer work but for their involvement. And nothing wouldhave made it into print without the aid of the person who coordinated thefirst and second editions of the project, Suzanne Thomas. Nevertheless, onename does appear on the cover and that name must take responsibility forany inaccuracies in the text.I also have to thank my wife, Jenny, and son, Kinsey, for their patience anddevotion. I hope we manage to strike a reasonable balance.Finally, a summary of the animal activity around my house. For those of youwho have not read any of my other books, I should warn you that this hasbecome a regular feature of my For Dummies books.My two dogs, Scooter and Trude, continue to do well, although Trude is allbut blind now. Our two mini-Rex rabbits, Beavis and Butt-head, passed on tothe big meadow in the sky after living in our front yard for almost a year anda half.If you would like to contact me concerning C++ programming, semi-blind dogs,or free-roaming rabbits, feel free to drop me a line at srdavis@acm.org.