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Preface/Acknowledgements
COPAN/II is a more than just a bunch of programs. Of course, I
have to say that, I'm the author.
The system was been meticulously conceived over a period of four
years. It survived, and evolved because of, all of the numerous
rewrites which were absolutely necessary for its completion. The
first major step was the KSOFT System, which unfortunately has
gone to code heaven. Although many of KSOFT's ideas live within
COPAN, all of the expressions here are totally unique.
It's often said that if one could do it over again, they would do
it differently. This hopefully is always the case as trying
something a second time allows us to step over the dog piles we
didn't notice the first time.
With this thought the idea of failure is not so bad as long as
we're willing to try again.
COPAN/II was written with pure obsession and honest sweat. The
idea of making a nickel with it always remained an additional,
and secondary, goal.
We certainly hope that you will find that our work will make your
work a little more enjoyable. Our final hope, which may be even
more sincere than the previous, is that if you do appreciate it,
don't give it away. The idea of making nickels during its
creation was a genuine second thought. It's not being created
anymore.
We wish to thank the following individuals/companies for their
valueable feedback and suggestions:
Gilles Calloc'h - Reboul SMT
Gaspard Matheron - Selig Informatique
Hisashi Matsumoto - Matsumoto Yacht Design
Hadeki Morimatsu - Dow Chemical
Bror Persson - Perdacon Engineering
Chuck Neville - Seaton-Neville Naval Architects
Mark Livesay - Livesay Development
Russ Bowler - Bruce Farr and Associates
Eric Sponberg - Sponberg Design
Dave Miller - Inland Ryerson
Craig Riley - Knytex
Gerry Mostowy - Logical Design Corp.
C.Vaughn Kohanek - Brunswick Technologies