Steve Oualline is the author of many programming and Linux related books. He is a professional software engineer, author, and educator. Currently, he works for a large software company as a quality engineer devising ways to improve the quality and reliability of the code produced by their programmers. Other books by this author include Vi iMproved (vim), 0-7357-1001-5, New Riders, 4/01, Practical C++ Programming, Second Edition, $39.99, O'Reilly, and Practical C Programming, Third Edition, $34.95, 1-5659-2306-5, O'Reilly, 9/97.