AcknowledgmentsI first met David Kruglinski at a software de

AcknowledgmentsI first met David Kruglinski at a software development conference.I had just quit my job and started a new company,and I approached David at an author signing for an earlier edition of this book.Our new company was going to focus on Microsoft Foundation Class (MFC)/Microsoft Visual C++ class libraries.I hoped that David would listen to our ideas and maybe provide some feedback on our products and their usefulness to the Visual C++ development community—a community that he had both helped to build and understood like the back of his own hand.Much to my surprise,David was very excited about the product ideas and asked if I could send him evaluation copies of our products.I did,and we started a long e-mail conversation about our products and ideas for improvements.David gave his time,expertise,and great opinions freely,without ever asking for any compensation—he genuinely wanted to help us make products for the Visual C++ developer that would make MFC/Visual C++ better.I first heard about David's fatal paragliding accident via a posting on a newsgroup and initially thought it was some kind of cruel hoax.I called David's agent,who checked into the story,and much to my shock it was true.With David's passing,the Visual C++ community has lost one of its brightest and most giving stars.Talk to any Visual C++ developers about how they first learned Visual C++ and invariably they will say,"the Kruglinski book!" The Visual C++ community owes David greatly for what he gave us and taught us about Visual C++ over the years.It goes without saying that he should receive special acknowledgment for this book,and our thoughts go out to his family and friends for their loss.