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Jeffrey Richter是一位在全球享有盛譽的技術作傢，尤其在Windows/.NET領域有著傑齣的貢獻。他的第一本Windows著作Windows 3: A Developer's Guide大獲好評，從而聲名遠揚。之後，他又推齣瞭經典著作《Windows 高級編程指南》和《Windows核心編程》。如今這兩本書早已成為Windows程序設計領域的顛峰之作，培育瞭幾代軟件開發設計人員。他的每一本新作問世，我們都有理由相信這是一本巨著，我們想要的一切盡在其中。Jeffery 是Wintellect公司的創始人之一，也是MSDN雜誌.NET專欄的特邀編輯。

周靖 從1983年接觸蘋果機開始， “浸染”IT業數十年，涉獵廣泛，具有深厚的技術功底和良好的文學素養。早期癡迷於硬件，曾擔任《微型計算機》雜誌特約作者多年。繼而潛心鑽研編程，並樂在其中積纍瞭豐富的經驗。其翻譯風格嚴謹、準確、樸實、流暢，深受讀者歡迎。代錶譯著有《c++麵嚮對象程序設計》(Walter Savitch著)、 《Windows核心編程》 (Jeffrey Richter著)和《C++圖形與遊戲編程基礎》 (Tony Gaddis著)等。業餘時間，聽音樂和看電影是他的愛好。