Good Habits for Great Coding

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Sincere thanks go to the following people: programmer Stephen Drodge for reviewing an earlier draft of this book and for making many useful suggestions; programmer Michael Ames for reviewing an earlier draft of this book; Dr. Stuart Dreyfus (University of California, Berkeley) for his personal thoughts on dynamic programming; Dr. Dana Richards (George Mason University) for mathematical advice on algorithms and puzzles; Dr. James Stanlaw of Illinois State University for discussions of signs, symbols, and semiotics; neurobiologist Paul Cammer (the best teacher I ever met) for years of discussions of effective teaching; hundreds of bright students who accepted my sarcasm and returned it right back to me; my wonderful wife of 40 years, Diane Sandford, for editing several versions of this book; Apress technical reviewer Michael Thomas; Apress editors James Markham, Jill Balzano, and Todd Green for their help in bringing this book into print; and the web site Stack Overflow. Finally, I must thank my two colleagues and master teachers: Dr. Peter Gabor (who reviewed this manuscript and made many suggestions) and Dr. Shane Torbert (who created the A.I. course I taught), both for five years of intense discussions about algorithms. Any mistakes in this book are due to the author, not those who gave me good advice.