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 UTF-8 and the list is in rough alphabetical order by last names. David Abrahams Ron Adam Jim Ahlstrom Farhan Ahmad Matthew Ahrens Nir Aides Yaniv Aknin Jyrki Alakuijala Ray Allen Billy G. Allie Kevin Altis Joe Amenta Mark Anacker Shashwat Anand Anders Andersen John Anderson Erik Andersén Oliver Andrich Ross Andrus Jérémy Anger Jon Anglin Éric Araujo Alicia Arlen Jason Asbahr David Ascher Chris AtLee John Aycock Jan-Hein Bührman Donovan Baarda Attila Babo Alfonso Baciero Marcin Bachry Dwayne Bailey Stig Bakken Greg Ball Luigi Ballabio Jeff Balogh Matt Bandy Michael J. Barber Nicolas Bareil Chris Barker Nick Barnes Quentin Barnes Richard Barran Cesar Eduardo Barros Des Barry Ulf Bartelt Nick Bastin Jeff Bauer Mike Bayer Michael R Bax Anthony Baxter Samuel L. Bayer Donald Beaudry David Beazley Robin Becker Neal Becker Torsten Becker Bill Bedford Stefan Behnel Reimer Behrends Ben Bell Thomas Bellman Alexander “Саша” Belopolsky Eli Bendersky Andrew Bennetts Andy Bensky Michel Van den Bergh Julian Berman Brice Berna Eric Beser Steven Bethard Stephen Bevan Ron Bickers Natalia B. Bidart Adrian von Bidder David Binger Dominic Binks Philippe Biondi Stuart Bishop Roy Bixler Mike Bland Martin Bless Pablo Bleyer Erik van Blokland Eric Blossom Finn Bock Paul Boddie Matthew Boedicker David Bolen Forest Bond Gawain Bolton Gregory Bond Jurjen Bos Peter Bosch Eric Bouck Thierry Bousch Sebastian Boving Jeff Bradberry Monty Brandenberg Georg Brandl Christopher Brannon Terrence Brannon Brian Brazil Dave Brennan Tom Bridgman Tobias Brink Richard Brodie Michael Broghton Daniel Brotsky Jean Brouwers Gary S. Brown Oleg Broytmann Dave Brueck Francisco Martín Brugué Floris Bruynooghe Stan Bubrouski Erik de Bueger Dick Bulterman Bill Bumgarner Jimmy Burgett Tommy Burnette Roger Burnham Alastair Burt Tarn Weisner Burton Lee Busby Ralph Butler Jp Calderone Arnaud Calmettes Daniel Calvelo Tony Campbell Brett Cannon Mike Carlton Terry Carroll Damien Cassou Lorenzo M. Catucci Donn Cave Charles Cazabon Per Cederqvist Matej Cepl Octavian Cerna Pascal Chambon John Chandler Hye-Shik Chang Jeffrey Chang Mitch Chapman Greg Chapman Brad Chapman David Chaum Nicolas Chauvat Jerry Chen Michael Chermside Albert Chin-A-Young Adal Chiriliuc Matt Chisholm Anders Chrigström Tom Christiansen Vadim Chugunov David Cinege Craig Citro Mike Clarkson Andrew Clegg Brad Clements Steve Clift Hervé Coatanhay Nick Coghlan Josh Cogliati Dave Cole Terrence Cole Benjamin Collar Jeffery Collins Robert Collins Paul Colomiets Denver Coneybeare Geremy Condra Juan José Conti Matt Conway David M. Cooke Jason R. Coombs Garrett Cooper Greg Copeland Aldo Cortesi David Costanzo Scott Cotton Greg Couch David Cournapeau Steve Cousins Alex Coventry Matthew Dixon Cowles Ryan Coyner Christopher A. Craig Laura Creighton Simon Cross Drew Csillag Joaquin Cuenca Abela John Cugini Tom Culliton Antonio Cuni Brian Curtin Lisandro Dalcin Andrew Dalke Lars Damerow Evan Dandrea Eric Daniel Scott David Daniels Ben Darnell Jonathan Dasteel John DeGood Ned Deily Vincent Delft Arnaud Delobelle Erik Demaine John Dennis Roger Dev Philippe Devalkeneer Raghuram Devarakonda Caleb Deveraux Catherine Devlin Scott Dial Toby Dickenson Mark Dickinson Jack Diederich Daniel Diniz Humberto Diogenes Yves Dionne Daniel Dittmar Jaromir Dolecek Ismail Donmez Marcos Donolo Dima Dorfman Yves Dorfsman Cesar Douady Dean Draayer Fred L. Drake, Jr. Derk Drukker John DuBois Paul Dubois Graham Dumpleton Quinn Dunkan Robin Dunn Luke Dunstan Virgil Dupras Andy Dustman Gary Duzan Eugene Dvurechenski Josip Dzolonga Maxim Dzumanenko Walter Dörwald Hans Eckardt Rodolpho Eckhardt Grant Edwards John Ehresman Tal Einat Eric Eisner Andrew Eland Julien Élie Lance Ellinghaus David Ely Jeff Epler Tom Epperly Stoffel Erasmus Jürgen A. Erhard Michael Ernst Ben Escoto Andy Eskilsson Stefan Esser Nicolas Estibals Stephen D Evans Carey Evans Tim Everett Paul Everitt David Everly Daniel Evers Greg Ewing Martijn Faassen Clovis Fabricio Andreas Faerber Bill Fancher Troy J. 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