1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2<!DOCTYPE section PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN" 3"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd"> 4<section id="safe_numerics.acknowledgements"> 5 <title>Acknowledgements</title> 6 7 <para>This library would never have been created without inspiration, 8 collaboration and constructive criticism from multiple sources.</para> 9 10 <para><glosslist> 11 <glossentry> 12 <glossterm>David LeBlanc</glossterm> 13 14 <glossdef> 15 <para>This library is inspired by <ulink 16 url="http://safeint.codeplex.com">David LeBlanc's SafeInt 17 Library</ulink> . I found this library very well done in every way 18 and useful in my embedded systems work. This motivated me to take it 19 to the "next level".</para> 20 </glossdef> 21 </glossentry> 22 23 <glossentry> 24 <glossterm><ulink url="https://akrzemi1.wordpress.com">Andrzej 25 Krzemienski</ulink></glossterm> 26 27 <glossdef> 28 <para>Andrzej Commented and reviewed the library as it was 29 originally posted on the <ulink 30 url="http://www.blincubator.com">Boost Library Incubator</ulink>. 31 The consequent back and forth motivated me to invest more effort in 32 developing documentation and examples to justify the utility, indeed 33 the necessity, for this library. He also noted many errors in code, 34 documentation, and tests. Without his interest and effort, I do not 35 believe the library would have progressed beyond its initial 36 stages.</para> 37 </glossdef> 38 </glossentry> 39 40 <glossentry> 41 <glossterm><ulink url="http://www.boost.org">Boost</ulink></glossterm> 42 43 <glossdef> 44 <para>As always, the Boost Developer's mailing list has been the 45 source of many useful observations from potential users and 46 constructive criticism from very knowledgeable developers. During 47 the Boost formal review, reviews and comments were posted by the 48 following persons: </para> 49 50 <itemizedlist> 51 <listitem> 52 <para>Paul A. Bristow</para> 53 </listitem> 54 55 <listitem> 56 <para>Steven Watanabe</para> 57 </listitem> 58 59 <listitem> 60 <para>John Maddock</para> 61 </listitem> 62 63 <listitem> 64 <para>Antony Polukhin</para> 65 </listitem> 66 67 <listitem> 68 <para>Barrett Adair</para> 69 </listitem> 70 71 <listitem> 72 <para>Vicente J. Botet Escriba</para> 73 </listitem> 74 75 <listitem> 76 <para> John McFarlane</para> 77 </listitem> 78 79 <listitem> 80 <para>Peter Dimov</para> 81 </listitem> 82 </itemizedlist> 83 </glossdef> 84 </glossentry> 85 </glosslist></para> 86</section> 87