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 Kevin Altis Mark Anacker Anders Andersen Erik Andersén John Anderson Oliver Andrich Ross Andrus Jason Asbahr David Ascher Peter Åstrand John Aycock Donovan Baarda Attila Babo Alfonso Baciero Stig Bakken Greg Ball Luigi Ballabio Michael J. Barber Chris Barker Cesar Eduardo Barros Des Barry Ulf Bartelt Nick Bastin Jeff Bauer Anthony Baxter Samuel L. Bayer Donald Beaudry David Beazley Neal Becker Robin Becker Bill Bedford Reimer Behrends Thomas Bellman Juan M. Bello Rivas Alexander Belopolsky Andy Bensky Michel Van den Bergh Eric Beser Stephen Bevan Ron Bickers Dominic Binks Stuart Bishop Roy Bixler Martin Bless Pablo Bleyer Erik van Blokland Finn Bock Paul Boddie Matthew Boedicker David Bolen Jurjen Bos Peter Bosch Eric Bouck Thierry Bousch Monty Brandenberg Terrence Brannon Dave Brennan Tom Bridgman Richard Brodie Gary S. Brown Daniel Brotsky Oleg Broytmann Dave Brueck Stan Bubrouski Erik de Bueger Jan-Hein B"uhrman Dick Bulterman Bill Bumgarner Tommy Burnette Roger Burnham Jimmy Burgett Alastair Burt Tarn Weisner Burton Lee Busby Ralph Butler Jp Calderone Daniel Calvelo Brett Cannon Mike Carlton Terry Carroll Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton Donn Cave Per Cederqvist Octavian Cerna Hye-Shik Chang 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 Greg Copeland David Costanzo Scott Cotton Greg Couch Steve Cousins Alex Coventry Matthew Dixon Cowles Christopher A. Craig Laura Creighton Drew Csillag Tom Culliton John Cugini Andrew Dalke Lars Damerow Eric Daniel Scott David Daniels Ben Darnell Jonathan Dasteel John DeGood Vincent Delft Roger Dev Toby Dickenson Yves Dionne Daniel Dittmar Walter Dörwald Jaromir Dolecek Dima Dorfman Cesar Douady Dean Draayer Fred L. Drake, Jr. John DuBois Paul Dubois Quinn Dunkan Robin Dunn Andy Dustman Gary Duzan Eugene Dvurechenski Maxim Dzumanenko Hans Eckardt Grant Edwards Lance Ellinghaus David Ely Jeff Epler Tom Epperly Stoffel Erasmus Jürgen A. Erhard Michael Ernst Ben Escoto Andy Eskilsson Stefan Esser Carey Evans Stephen D Evans Tim Everett Paul Everitt Greg Ewing Martijn Faassen Andreas Faerber Bill Fancher Mark Favas Niels Ferguson Sebastian Fernandez Vincent Fiack Russell Finn Nils Fischbeck Frederik Fix Hernán Martínez Foffani Doug Fort Martin Franklin Robin Friedrich Ivan Frohne Jim Fulton Tadayoshi Funaba Gyro Funch Peter Funk Geoff Furnish Lele Gaifax Yitzchak Gale Raymund Galvin Nitin Ganatra Fred Gansevles Lars Marius Garshol Andrew Gaul Stephen M. Gava Harry Henry Gebel Marius Gedminas Thomas Gellekum Christos Georgiou Ben Gertzfield Dinu Gherman Jonathan Giddy Johannes Gijsbers Michael Gilfix Chris Gonnerman David Goodger Hans de Graaff Eddy De Greef Duncan Grisby Dag Gruneau Michael Guravage Lars Gustäbel Barry Haddow Paul ten Hagen Rasmus Hahn Peter Haight Bob Halley Jesse Hallio Jun Hamano Mark Hammond Manus Hand Milton L. 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