We'd also like to thank the following technical experts for their assistance in specific areas: Doug Lea for
reviewing the Java memory model material and providing assistance with concurrent collections; Brian Goetz
for checking the overview of the concurrent collections (in addition to everything else); Mike "MadBot"
McCloskey for the review of, and assistance with, the use of the Scanner class and the associated regular
expression usage; and Jeremy Manson for trying to explain the unfathomable relationship between finalization
and the memory model.
Rosemary Simpson seems to always manage to be around when we need her. It's starting to get difficult to
find a creative way to say how much we appreciate her indexing, but I'm sure we'll have one by the fifth
edition.
On the production side, the path to the fourth edition was a somewhat changeable one. Mike Hendrickson held
the reins when the fourth edition was conceived, then handed the reins to Ann Sellers. Ann, with assistance
from Ebony Haight, saw the fourth edition through its early gestation, then handed the reins to Greg Doench.
Greg, with assistance from Noreen Regina, Stephane Nakib, Tyrrell Albaugh, Elizabeth Ryan, and Mary Lou
Nohr saw us through to the ultimate delivery. Thank you all, and to all those behind the scenes.
And thanks as well to Kathy Kerby, Ben Littauer, and Ariana Littauer for being a valuable source of borrowed
computrons. It's always nice to have neighbors from whom you can borrow a cup of cycles.
Last, but by no means least, thank you to our families for putting up with the trials and tribulations of
authorship once again.
Acknowledgments (Third Edition)
The third edition required yet more reviews and work, and the helper list is equally critical. Lisa Friendly
continued her attempts to keep the project in line; someday we will cooperate better. The set of reviewers
included new faces and old friends, all helpful: Joshua Bloch, Joseph Bowbeer, Gilad Bracha, Keith Edwards,
Joshua Engel, Rich Gillam, Peter Haggar, Cay Horstmann, Alexander Kuzmin, Doug Lea, Keith Lea, Tim
Lindholm, David Mendenhall, Andrew M. Morgan, Ray Ortigas, Brian Preston, Mark Schuldenfrei, Peter
Sparago, Guy Steele, Antoine Trux, and our Russian compatriots Leonid Arbouzov, Valery Shakurov,
Viatcheslav Rybalov, Eugene Latkin, Dmitri Khukhro, Konstantin Anisimov, Alexei Kaigorodov, Oleg
Oleinik, and Maxim Sokolnikov. Several people let us bend their ears to figure out how to approach things
better: Peter Jones, Robert W. Scheifler, Susan Snyder, Guy Steele, Jimmy Torres, and Ann Wollrath. Helen
Leary made the logistics work smoothly, as always.
Material support is always provided by the Addison-Wesley team: Julie DiNicola, Mike Hendrickson, and
Tracy Russ.
And since the last edition, Peet's Coffee and Tea has opened up on the East Coast, so the eastern part of this
writing team can enjoy it regularly. The world continues to improve apace.
Acknowledgments (Second Edition)
The cast of characters for this second edition is much like the first.
Series Editor Lisa Friendly continued to be doggedly supportive and attentive. The set of reviewers was
smaller, overlapping, and certainly as helpful and thorough. Overall reviews by Steve Byrne, Tom Cargill,
Mary Dageforde, Tim Lindholm, and Rob Murray were critical to clarity. Brian Beck, Peter Jones, Doug Lea,
Bryan O'Sullivan, Sue Palmer, Rosanna Lee, Lori Park, Mark Reinhold, Roger Riggs, Ann Wollrath, and Ken