acknowledgments

Writing a book is a daunting feat for anyone. Doing so in your secondary language is infinitely more challenging and intimidating. For me, you don’t dare entertain dreams such as this without being surrounded by a village of support. I would like to thank all of those who have supported me and participated in making this book a reality.

My adventure with F# started in 2013, when I attended a FastTrack to F# in NYC. I met Tomas Petricek, who inspired me to fall headfirst into the F# world. He welcomed me into the community and has been a mentor and confidant ever since.

I owe a huge debt of gratitude to the fantastic staff at Manning Publications. The heavy lifting for this book began 15 months ago with my development editor, Dan Maharry, and continued with Marina Michaels, both of whom have been patient and sage guides in this awesome task.

Thank you to the many technical reviewers, especially technical development editor Michael Lund and technical proofer Viorel Moisei. Your critical analysis was essential to ensuring that I communicated on paper all that is in my head, much of which was at risk of being “lost in translation.” Thank you also to those who participated in Manning’s MEAP program and provided support as peer reviewers: Andy Kirsch, Anton Herzog, Chris Bolyard, Craig Fullerton, Gareth van der Berg, Jeremy Lange, Jim Velch, Joel Kotarski, Kevin Orr, Luke Bearl, Pawel Klimczyk, Ricardo Peres, Rohit Sharma, Stefano Driussi, and Subhasis Ghosh.