acknowledgments I will start by saying a big "Thank you"to my wife,Kim,for all the love and support she has given me while writing this book.It has occupied a significant part of my spare time for the last four years,and without her patience,support,and understanding,I couldn't have managed it. Second,I would like to thank the team at Manning who have made this book possi- ble:Marjan Bace,publisher;Michael Stephens,associate publisher;Cynthia Kane,my development editor;Karen Tegtmeyer,review editor;Linda Recktenwald,my copy- editor;Katie Tennant,my proofreader;and Mary Piergies,the production manager. Without their efforts you would not be reading this book right now. I would also like to thank the other members of the C++Standards Committee who wrote committee papers on the multithreading facilities:Andrei Alexandrescu, Pete Becker,Bob Blainer,Hans Boehm,Beman Dawes,Lawrence Crowl,Peter Dimov, Jeff Garland,Kevlin Henney,Howard Hinnant,Ben Hutchings,Jan Kristofferson,Doug Lea,Paul McKenney,Nick McLaren,Clark Nelson,Bill Pugh,Raul Silvera,Herb Sutter, Detlef Vollmann,and Michael Wong,plus all those who commented on the papers,dis- cussed them at the committee meetings,and otherwise helped shaped the multithread- ing and concurrency support in C++11. Finally,I would like to thank the following people,whose suggestions have greatly improved this book:Dr.Jamie Allsop,Peter Dimov,Howard Hinnant,Rick Molloy, Jonathan Wakely,and Dr.Russel Winder,with special thanks to Russel for his detailed reviews and to Jonathan who,as technical proofreader,painstakingly checked all the content for outright errors in the final manuscript during production.(Any remaining xviixvii acknowledgments I will start by saying a big “Thank you” to my wife, Kim, for all the love and support she has given me while writing this book. It has occupied a significant part of my spare time for the last four years, and without her patience, support, and understanding, I couldn’t have managed it. Second, I would like to thank the team at Manning who have made this book possi￾ble: Marjan Bace, publisher; Michael Stephens, associate publisher; Cynthia Kane, my development editor; Karen Tegtmeyer, review editor; Linda Recktenwald, my copy￾editor; Katie Tennant, my proofreader; and Mary Piergies, the production manager. Without their efforts you would not be reading this book right now. I would also like to thank the other members of the C++ Standards Committee who wrote committee papers on the multithreading facilities: Andrei Alexandrescu, Pete Becker, Bob Blainer, Hans Boehm, Beman Dawes, Lawrence Crowl, Peter Dimov, Jeff Garland, Kevlin Henney, Howard Hinnant, Ben Hutchings, Jan Kristofferson, Doug Lea, Paul McKenney, Nick McLaren, Clark Nelson, Bill Pugh, Raul Silvera, Herb Sutter, Detlef Vollmann, and Michael Wong, plus all those who commented on the papers, dis￾cussed them at the committee meetings, and otherwise helped shaped the multithread￾ing and concurrency support in C++11. Finally, I would like to thank the following people, whose suggestions have greatly improved this book: Dr. Jamie Allsop, Peter Dimov, Howard Hinnant, Rick Molloy, Jonathan Wakely, and Dr. Russel Winder, with special thanks to Russel for his detailed reviews and to Jonathan who, as technical proofreader, painstakingly checked all the content for outright errors in the final manuscript during production. (Any remaining