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Who We Are ...

Vicki Brown(vlb@cfcl.com) has been using Unix (and variants thereof)
for nearly 15 years; she began programming in awk and sh almost from the
beginning. Vicki has also been working with Macs for 11 years, both in the
employ of Apple Computer, and in her personal life. The Mac OS is her
second favorite operating system and favorite user interface.

Vicki started using MacPerl in 1995, when she needed to crunch a large
quantity of spreadsheet data. Resisting the idea of learning Excel macros,
she leaped into MacPerl. She soon discovered that Perl allowed her to
perform almost any programming task on the (shell-less, awk-less)
Macintosh. Vicki lives in San Bruno, California with her spouse, Rich
Morin, several cats, and many computers, including multiple Macintoshes.

Jerry Jager(jager@cfcl.com), of Jager Communications, solves various
design issues for us. In particular, he designed this book's cover layout.

Rich Morin(rdm@ptf.com) has used scripting languages for 30 years, start-
ing with Stanford's experimental Wylbur system. He does all of his serious
programming in Perl these days, using both Macintosh and Unix systems.

Rich writes a monthly column (I/Opener) for SunExpert Magazine and has
written many articles for other industry publications. In his spare time, he
operates Prime Time Freeware ( www.ptf.com) and provides laps for cats.

Chris Nandor(pudge@pobox.com) is the webmaster and head web
developer for Peterson's, an educational publishing company in Princeton,
NJ. A 1995 Journalism graduate of Biola University, Chris now telecom-
mutes full-time from his home in Carver, MA.

Chris has been working with Macs for 10 years and MacPerl for two years.
He has spent much of his time over the last year working with MacPerl and
Apple Events and, in fact, has written an article on the subject for The Perl
Journal (December, 1997).

Matthias Neeracher(neeri@iis.ee.ethz.ch) is a Perl hacker trapped
in a graduate student's body. He began MacPerl in 1991, as a project to do on
weekends while serving in the Swiss Army. To the great benefit of the
MacPerl community, Matthias has continued work on the project to this
day. He says that he never leaves home without a Swiss Army Knife.

Delight Prescotthas always had a great love of Fantasy. She knows that
there has to be a place where there is magic, and things are fun most of the
time, and exciting the rest of the time, even if only in our imagination.

Delight has been painting and selling her fantasy art for over 20 years, and
still loves what she does. In her work, inspired by the fabulous artists who
illustrated fairy-tale books around the turn of the century, she continues to
try and capture the magic and mischief of a made-up world. Delight's work
may be seen at www.professional.org/delight/.

The artwork on the front cover, entitled "Escape", shows a young wizard
escaping from a stormy, lightning-blasted sky. His refuge is the daytime
universe, complete with a castle which could be taken from the tales of
Scheherazade. It is a beautiful city of foreign intrigue, with pristine snow-
covered alps in the background. It symbolizes an escape from something
very unpleasant into an idyllic place.

The artwork on the back flap, entitled "Dragonlord", depicts a wizard who
is completely comfortable with his dragon and firelizards. He is in total
control and his dragons show both affection and ease around him.

Prime Time Freeware(info@ptf.com; www.ptf.com)publishes books and
CD-ROMs that are related to freely redistributable software (freeware).
PTF is always looking for product ideas; if you would like to see a product
happen (or better, would like to work on one!), please let us know.

"Where shall I begin, please your Majesty?" he asked.
"Begin at the beginning." the King said, gravely,
"and go on till you come to the end: then stop."

Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland