About the reviewers

Lou Mauget learned to program long ago at Michigan State University as a physics major, learning to use software in designing a cyclotron. Afterward, he worked for 34 years at IBM. He is currently consulting for Keyhole Software of Leawood, Kansas. Lou has coded in C++, Java, JavaScript, Python, and newer languages, as each was conceived. Current interests include reactive functional programming, containers, Node.js, NoSQL, geospatial systems, mobile, and any new language or framework. He has coauthored three computer books. He has written two IBM DeveloperWorks XML tutorials and co-written several J2EE certification tests for IBM. He has been a reviewer for Packt Publishing and others.

Scott Hutchinson leads a team of C++ and F# developers in Oxnard, California. After a few years as a VB/VBA developer, he started developing with .NET Framework immediately after its launch in 2002. Since 2016, he has done most of his development in C++. He is a mentor for the F# track on Exercism, and teaches functional programming in F# to his team at work. His main professional interests are functional programming and machine learning. When he's not learning some new software development skill, he's usually hiking in the mountains of Southern California.