ABSTRACT
I’d like to thank Chris, David, and Roman, for agreeing to contribute to this book. I know it has taken a large chunk of time out of their lives at a stage when they had lots more to be doing-Roman deserves a special thanks for his help with various editorial matters. I wish to thank Paul Coulham, formerly at Ashgate, for his kind encouragement, enthusiasm, and assistance during the initial stages of this work, and Anne Keirby (also at Ashgate) whose patience made the final stages of editing a much less stressful experience than they really ought to have been. The actual writing of this book-and all of the other work I have done for some time now-would not have been possible without the excellent program TEXshop (written by Richard Koch and Dirk Olmes) coupled with the TeTEX distribution (put together by Gerben Wierda). Also, on practical matters, I would like to thank Apple computers (Sophie Petkopoulos in particular) who quickly provided me with a much upgraded replacement Powerbook when my old one developed faults.
