Acknowledgements ---------------- This list is not complete and not in any useful order, but I would like to thank everybody who contributed in any way, with code, hints, bug reports, ideas, moral support, endorsement, or even complaints.... Without you I would've stopped working on Python long ago! --Guido PS: In the standard Python distribution this file is encoded in Latin-1. David Abrahams Jim Ahlstrom Jyrki Alakuijala Billy G. Allie Mark Anacker Anders Andersen Oliver Andrich Ross Andrus Jason Asbahr David Ascher Donovan Baarda Alfonso Baciero Stig Bakken Greg Ball Luigi Ballabio Cesar Eduardo Barros Des Barry Ulf Bartelt Jeff Bauer Anthony Baxter Samuel L. Bayer Donald Beaudry David Beazley Neal Becker Reimer Behrends Thomas Bellman Juan M. Bello Rivas Andy Bensky Eric Beser Stephen Bevan Ron Bickers Dominic Binks Roy Bixler Martin Bless Pablo Bleyer Finn Bock Paul Boddie David Bolen Jurjen Bos Peter Bosch Eric Bouck Thierry Bousch Monty Brandenberg Terrence Brannon Dave Brennan Gary S. Brown Oleg Broytmann Dave Brueck Stan Bubrouski Erik de Bueger Jan-Hein B"uhrman Dick Bulterman Bill Bumgarner Tommy Burnette Roger Burnham Alastair Burt Tarn Weisner Burton Lee Busby Ralph Butler Daniel Calvelo Mike Carlton Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton Donn Cave Per Cederqvist Jeffrey Chang Brad Chapman Greg Chapman Mitch Chapman David Chaum Nicolas Chauvat Michael Chermside Albert Chin-A-Young Tom Christiansen Vadim Chugunov David Cinege Mike Clarkson Brad Clements Steve Clift Josh Cogliati Dave Cole Benjamin Collar Jeffery Collins Matt Conway David M. Cooke David Costanzo Scott Cotton Greg Couch Steve Cousins Alex Coventry Drew Csillag Tom Culliton John Cugini Andrew Dalke Lars Damerow Eric Daniel Jonathan Dasteel John DeGood Roger Dev Toby Dickenson Daniel Dittmar Walter Dörwald Jaromir Dolecek Fred L. Drake, Jr. John DuBois Paul Dubois Quinn Dunkan Robin Dunn Andy Dustman Gary Duzan Eugene Dvurechenski Hans Eckardt Grant Edwards Lance Ellinghaus David Ely Jeff Epler Tom Epperly Stoffel Erasmus Michael Ernst Ben Escoto Andy Eskilsson Stefan Esser Carey Evans Stephen D Evans Tim Everett Paul Everitt Greg Ewing Martijn Faassen Andreas Faerber Mark Favas Niels Ferguson Sebastian Fernandez Nils Fischbeck Doug Fort Robin Friedrich Ivan Frohne Jim Fulton Geoff Furnish Tadayoshi Funaba Peter Funk Lele Gaifax Raymund Galvin Fred Gansevles Lars Marius Garshol Harry Henry Gebel Thomas Gellekum Ben Gertzfield Jonathan Giddy Chris Gonnerman David Goodger Hans de Graaff Eddy De Greef Duncan Grisby Dag Gruneau Michael Guravage Barry Haddow Paul ten Hagen Rasmus Hahn Peter Haight Jesse Hallio Jun Hamano Mark Hammond Manus Hand Milton L. Hankins Stephen Hansen Barry Hantman Lynda Hardman Derek Harland Jason Harper Gerhard Häring Larry Hastings Shane Hathaway Rycharde Hawkes Jochen Hayek Thomas Heller Lance Finn Helsten Jonathan Hendry James Henstridge Chris Herborth Ivan Herman Gary Herron Bernhard Herzog Magnus L. Hetland Kevan Heydon Jason Hildebrand Konrad Hinsen David Hobley Tim Hochberg Joerg-Cyril Hoehle Gregor Hoffleit Chris Hoffman Albert Hofkamp Gerrit Holl Philip Homburg Naofumi Honda Jeffrey Honig Rob Hooft Brian Hooper Randall Hopper Nadav Horesh Ken Howard Brad Howes Chih-Hao Huang Lawrence Hudson Michael Hudson Jim Hugunin Greg Humphreys Jeremy Hylton John Interrante Ben Jackson Paul Jackson David Jacobs Jack Jansen Bill Janssen Drew Jenkins Orjan Johansen Simon Johnston Richard Jones Lucas de Jonge Jens B. Jorgensen John Jorgensen Andreas Jung Bob Kahn Tamito Kajiyama Lou Kates Randall Kern Robert Kern Magnus Kessler Lawrence Kesteloot Vivek Khera Mads Kiilerich Steve Kirsch Ron Klatchko Bastian Kleineidam Matthias Klose Kim Knapp Lenny Kneler Pat Knight Greg Kochanski Joseph Koshy Bob Kras Hannu Krosing Andrew Kuchling Vladimir Kushnir Cameron Laird Detlef Lannert Soren Larsen Piers Lauder Chris Lawrence Christopher Lee Kip Lehman Marc-Andre Lemburg William Lewis Robert van Liere Christopher Lindblad Eric Lindvall Per Lindqvist Nick Lockwood Stephanie Lockwood Martin von Löwis Anne Lord Jason Lowe Tony Lownds Ray Loyzaga Fredrik Lundh Loren Luke Mark Lutz Jim Lynch Mikael Lyngvig Nick Maclaren Tim MacKenzie Steve Majewski Grzegorz Makarewicz Ken Manheimer Vladimir Marangozov Doug Marien Alex Martelli Anthony Martin Roger Masse Nick Mathewson Graham Matthews Dieter Maurer Greg McFarlane Michael McLay Gordon McMillan Jay T. Miller Caolan McNamara Craig McPheeters Lambert Meertens Bill van Melle Mike Meyer Steven Miale Trent Mick Roman Milner Dom Mitchell Doug Moen The Dragon De Monsyne Skip Montanaro James A Morrison Sape Mullender Sjoerd Mullender Michael Muller Takahiro Nakayama Travers Naran Fredrik Nehr Chad Netzer Max Neunhöffer George Neville-Neil Gustavo Niemeyer Oscar Nierstrasz Hrvoje Niksic Bill Noon Stefan Norberg Joe Norton Neal Norwitz Jeffrey Ollie Nigel O'Brian Tim O'Malley Denis S. Otkidach Piet van Oostrum Jason Orendorff Douglas Orr Todd R. Palmer Dan Parisien Harri Pasanen Randy Pausch Ondrej Palkovsky Marcel van der Peijl Samuele Pedroni Steven Pemberton Eduardo Pérez Tim Peters Chris Petrilli Geoff Philbrick Adrian Phillips Christopher J. Phoenix Neale Pickett Dan Pierson François Pinard Michael Piotrowski John Popplewell Amrit Prem Paul Prescod Donovan Preston Brian Quinlan Burton Radons Eric Raymond Edward K. Ream Marc Recht John Redford Terry Reedy Ofir Reichenberg Sean Reifschneider Michael P. Reilly Bernhard Reiter Steven Reiz Roeland Rengelink Jan Pieter Riegel Armin Rigo Nicholas Riley Jean-Claude Rimbault Anthony Roach Andy Robinson Jim Robinson Kevin Rodgers Mike Romberg Case Roole Timothy Roscoe Craig Rowland Jim Roskind Erik van Blokland Just van Rossum Hugo van Rossum Saskia van Rossum Donald Wallace Rouse II Audun S. Runde Jeff Rush Sam Rushing Nick Russo Rich Salz Kevin Samborn Ty Sarna Ben Sayer Michael Scharf Neil Schemenauer David Scherer Gregor Schmid Peter Schneider-Kamp Sam Schulenburg Stefan Schwarzer Dietmar Schwertberger Barry Scott Steven Scott Nick Seidenman Fred Sells Denis Severson Bruce Sherwood Pete Shinners Michael Shiplett John W. Shipman Joel Shprentz Itamar Shtull-Trauring Eric Siegerman Paul Sijben Nathan Paul Simons Janne Sinkkonen George Sipe Kragen Sitaker Gregory P. Smith Rafal Smotrzyk Dirk Soede Paul Sokolovsky Clay Spence Per Spilling Noah Spurrier Greg Stein Dan Stromberg Nathan Sullivan Mark Summerfield Kalle Svensson Hajime Saitou RajGopal Srinivasan Jim St. Pierre Quentin Stafford-Fraser Frank Stajano Richard Stoakley Casper Stoel Peter Stoehr Ken Stox William Tanksley Christian Tanzer Amy Taylor Tobias Thelen Robin Thomas Eric Tiedemann Tracy Tims Jason Tishler Christian Tismer R Lindsay Todd Bennett Todd Richard Townsend Laurence Tratt John Tromp Jason Trowbridge Stephen Turner Bill Tutt Doobee R. Tzeck Lionel Ulmer Jaap Vermeulen Al Vezza John Viega Kannan Vijayan Kurt Vile Norman Vine Frank Visser Charles Waldman Richard Walker Larry Wall Greg Ward Barry Warsaw Steve Waterbury Aaron Watters Bob Watson Henrik Weber Edward Welbourne Rickard Westman Truida Wiedijk Gerry Wiener Bryce "Zooko" Wilcox-O'Hearn Gerald S. Williams Sue Williams Frank Willison Greg V. Wilson Dik Winter Blake Winton Jean-Claude Wippler Lars Wirzenius Stefan Witzel Klaus-Juergen Wolf Dan Wolfe Richard Wolff Thomas Wouters Doug Wyatt Ka-Ping Yee Bob Yodlowski Masazumi Yoshikawa Danny Yoo Moshe Zadka Milan Zamazal Artur Zaprzala Mike Zarnstorff Siebren van der Zee Uwe Zessin