About the book, here's the full story: I was getting into compilers, but I was really struggling with the theory, the most famous books weren't doing it for me, and I felt really down.

Then I find this book, which seems very dense, but clear. So I ask my advisor if I could buy it and goes like "well, first check out the university library". I check it out and there's a copy, but... it's taken.

Working in the only group that was doing research on compilers I'm like "who dares do compilers stuff out of our group!?".

I go to the library:

Me: who has the book?

Library guy: can't tell you, privacy reasons.

Me: what's the third letter of its surname?

Library guy: Z

Me: what's the second letter of its name?

Library: I

Me: thanks.

I go here: https://www.deib.polimi.it/ita/personale-lista-alfabetica I found him.

Fast forward, we become friends and we start the company together.

> Congrats on the launch.

Thanks! It was a lot of work.