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. David Abrahams Jim Ahlstrom Farhan Ahmad Jyrki Alakuijala Billy G. Allie Kevin Altis Joe Amenta Mark Anacker Anders Andersen John Anderson Erik Andersén Oliver Andrich Ross Andrus Jason Asbahr David Ascher Chris AtLee John Aycock Jan-Hein B"uhrman Donovan Baarda Attila Babo Alfonso Baciero Marcin Bachry Dwayne Bailey Stig Bakken Greg Ball Luigi Ballabio Jeff Balogh Michael J. Barber 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 Bill Bedford Reimer Behrends Ben Bell Thomas Bellman Alexander Belopolsky Andrew Bennetts Andy Bensky Michel Van den Bergh Eric Beser Steven Bethard Stephen Bevan Ron Bickers 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 Gregory Bond Jurjen Bos Peter Bosch Eric Bouck Thierry Bousch Sebastian Boving Monty Brandenberg Georg Brandl Christopher Brannon Terrence Brannon Dave Brennan Tom Bridgman Richard Brodie Daniel Brotsky Jean Brouwers Gary S. Brown Oleg Broytmann Dave Brueck 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 Daniel Calvelo Tony Campbell Brett Cannon Mike Carlton Terry Carroll Donn Cave Per Cederqvist Octavian Cerna Pascal Chambon Hye-Shik Chang Jeffrey Chang Mitch Chapman Greg Chapman Brad Chapman David Chaum Nicolas Chauvat Michael Chermside Albert Chin-A-Young Adal Chiriliuc Matt Chisholm Tom Christiansen Vadim Chugunov David Cinege Mike Clarkson Brad Clements Steve Clift Nick Coghlan Josh Cogliati Dave Cole Benjamin Collar Jeffery Collins Paul Colomiets Matt Conway David M. Cooke Greg Copeland Aldo Cortesi David Costanzo Scott Cotton Greg Couch David Cournapeau Steve Cousins Alex Coventry Matthew Dixon Cowles Christopher A. Craig Laura Creighton Simon Cross Drew Csillag John Cugini Tom Culliton Lisandro Dalcin Andrew Dalke Lars Damerow Eric Daniel Scott David Daniels Ben Darnell Jonathan Dasteel John DeGood Ned Deily Vincent Delft Arnaud Delobelle Erik Demaine Roger Dev Raghuram Devarakonda Toby Dickenson Mark Dickinson Jack Diederich Daniel Diniz Humberto Diogenes Yves Dionne Daniel Dittmar Jaromir Dolecek Ismail Donmez Dima Dorfman Cesar Douady Dean Draayer 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 Grant Edwards John Ehresman Eric Eisner Andrew Eland Lance Ellinghaus David Ely Jeff Epler Tom Epperly Stoffel Erasmus Jürgen A. Erhard Michael Ernst Ben Escoto Andy Eskilsson Stefan Esser Stephen D Evans Carey Evans Tim Everett Paul Everitt David Everly Greg Ewing Martijn Faassen Andreas Faerber Bill Fancher Mark Favas Niels Ferguson Sebastian Fernandez Vincent Fiack Tomer Filiba Russell Finn Nils Fischbeck Frederik Fix Matt Fleming Hernán Martínez Foffani Michael Foord Amaury Forgeot d'Arc Doug Fort John Fouhy Martin Franklin Robin Friedrich Ivan Frohne Jim Fulton Tadayoshi Funaba Gyro Funch Peter Funk Geoff Furnish Ulisses Furquim Hagen Fürstenau Achim Gaedke Martin von Gagern Lele Gaifax Santiago Gala Yitzchak Gale Quentin Gallet-Gilles Raymund Galvin Nitin Ganatra Fred Gansevles Lars Marius Garshol Dan Gass Andrew Gaul Stephen M. Gava Harry Henry Gebel Marius Gedminas Thomas Gellekum Gabriel Genellina Christos Georgiou Ben Gertzfield Dinu Gherman Jonathan Giddy Johannes Gijsbers Michael Gilfix Tim Golden Chris Gonnerman David Goodger Hans de Graaff Eddy De Greef Duncan Grisby Dag Gruneau Michael Guravage Lars Gustäbel Thomas Güttler Barry Haddow Paul ten Hagen Rasmus Hahn Peter Haight Václav Haisman Bob Halley Jesse Hallio Jun Hamano Mark Hammond Manus Hand Milton L. Hankins Stephen Hansen Barry Hantman Lynda Hardman Derek Harland Jason Harper Larry Hastings Shane Hathaway Rycharde Hawkes Jochen Hayek Christian Heimes Thomas Heller Malte Helmert Lance Finn Helsten Jonathan Hendry James Henstridge Chris Herborth Ivan Herman Jürgen Hermann Gary Herron Thomas Herve Bernhard Herzog Magnus L. Hetland Raymond Hettinger Kevan Heydon Jason Hildebrand Richie Hindle Konrad Hinsen David Hobley Tim Hochberg Joerg-Cyril Hoehle Gregor Hoffleit Chris Hoffman Albert Hofkamp Jonathan Hogg Gerrit Holl Shane Holloway Rune Holm Philip Homburg Naofumi Honda Jeffrey Honig Rob Hooft Michiel de Hoon Brian Hooper Randall Hopper Nadav Horesh Ken Howard Brad Howes Chih-Hao Huang Lawrence Hudson Michael Hudson Jim Hugunin Greg Humphreys Eric Huss Jeremy Hylton Gerhard Häring Mihai Ibanescu Lars Immisch Meador Inge Tony Ingraldi John Interrante Bob Ippolito Atsuo Ishimoto Paul Jackson Ben Jackson David Jacobs Kevin Jacobs Kjetil Jacobsen Geert Jansen Jack Jansen Bill Janssen Drew Jenkins Flemming Kjær Jensen Jiba Orjan Johansen Fredrik Johansson Gregory K. Johnson Simon Johnston Evan Jones Jeremy Jones Richard Jones Irmen de Jong Lucas de Jonge John Jorgensen Jens B. Jorgensen Fred L. Drake, Jr. Andreas Jung Tattoo Mabonzo K. Bob Kahn Kurt B. Kaiser Tamito Kajiyama Peter van Kampen Jacob Kaplan-Moss Lou Kates Hiroaki Kawai Sebastien Keim Robert Kern Randall Kern Magnus Kessler Lawrence Kesteloot Vivek Khera Mads Kiilerich Taek Joo Kim Paul Kippes Steve Kirsch Sebastian Kirsche Ron Klatchko Bastian Kleineidam Bob Kline Matthias Klose Kim Knapp Lenny Kneler Pat Knight Greg Kochanski Damon Kohler Joseph Koshy Maksim Kozyarchuk Bob Kras Holger Krekel Michael Kremer Fabian Kreutz Hannu Krosing Andrew Kuchling Vladimir Kushnir Cameron Laird Tino Lange Andrew Langmead Detlef Lannert Soren Larsen Piers Lauder Ben Laurie Simon Law Chris Lawrence Brian Leair John J. Lee Inyeol Lee Thomas Lee Christopher Lee Tennessee Leeuwenburg Luc Lefebvre Vincent Legoll Kip Lehman Joerg Lehmann Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton Marc-Andre Lemburg John Lenton Christopher Tur Lesniewski-Laas Mark Levinson William Lewis Robert van Liere Ross Light Shawn Ligocki Martin Ligr Christopher Lindblad Bjorn Lindqvist Per Lindqvist Eric Lindvall Gregor Lingl Nick Lockwood Stephanie Lockwood Anne Lord Tom Loredo Jason Lowe Tony Lownds Ray Loyzaga Lukas Lueg Loren Luke Fredrik Lundh Mark Lutz Jim Lynch Mikael Lyngvig Martin von Löwis Andrew I MacIntyre Tim MacKenzie Nick Maclaren Don MacMillen Steve Majewski Grzegorz Makarewicz Dave Malcolm Ken Manheimer Vladimir Marangozov David Marek Doug Marien Alex Martelli Anthony Martin Sébastien Martini Roger Masse Nick Mathewson Graham Matthews Dieter Maurer Arnaud Mazin Kirk McDonald Chris McDonough Greg McFarlane Alan McIntyre Michael McLay Gordon McMillan Caolan McNamara Andrew McNamara Craig McPheeters Lambert Meertens Bill van Melle Lucas Prado Melo Brian Merrell Luke Mewburn Mike Meyer Steven Miale Trent Mick Aristotelis Mikropoulos Damien Miller Chad Miller Jay T. Miller Roman Milner Andrii V. Mishkovskyi Dustin J. Mitchell Dom Mitchell Doug Moen The Dragon De Monsyne Skip Montanaro Paul Moore Derek Morr James A Morrison Sjoerd Mullender Sape Mullender Michael Muller R. David Murray Piotr Meyer John Nagle Takahiro Nakayama Travers Naran Fredrik Nehr Trent Nelson Tony Nelson Chad Netzer Max Neunhöffer George Neville-Neil Johannes Nicolai Samuel Nicolary Gustavo Niemeyer Oscar Nierstrasz Hrvoje Niksic Jesse Noller Bill Noon Stefan Norberg Tim Northover Joe Norton Neal Norwitz Nigel O'Brian Kevin O'Connor Tim O'Malley Pascal Oberndoerfer Jeffrey Ollie Adam Olsen Grant Olson Piet van Oostrum Jason Orendorff Douglas Orr Denis S. Otkidach Michael Otteneder R. M. Oudkerk Russel Owen Ondrej Palkovsky Mike Pall Todd R. Palmer Juan David Ibáñez Palomar Jan Palus M. Papillon Peter Parente Alexandre Parenteau Dan Parisien Harri Pasanen Randy Pausch Samuele Pedroni Marcel van der Peijl Steven Pemberton Santiago Peresón Mark Perrego Trevor Perrin Gabriel de Perthuis Tim Peters Benjamin Peterson Chris Petrilli Bjorn Pettersen Geoff Philbrick Gavrie Philipson Adrian Phillips Christopher J. Phoenix Neale Pickett Jim St. Pierre Dan Pierson Martijn Pieters François Pinard Zach Pincus Michael Piotrowski Antoine Pitrou Jean-François Piéronne Guilherme Polo Michael Pomraning Iustin Pop John Popplewell Amrit Prem Paul Prescod Donovan Preston Steve Purcell Fernando Pérez Eduardo Pérez Brian Quinlan Anders Qvist Burton Radons Brodie Rao Antti Rasinen Eric Raymond Edward K. Ream Marc Recht John Redford Terry Reedy Steve Reeves Ofir Reichenberg Sean Reifschneider Michael P. Reilly Bernhard Reiter Steven Reiz Roeland Rengelink Tim Rice Jan Pieter Riegel Armin Rigo Nicholas Riley Jean-Claude Rimbault Juan M. 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Shipman Joel Shprentz Itamar Shtull-Trauring Eric Siegerman Paul Sijben Kirill Simonov Nathan Paul Simons Janne Sinkkonen George Sipe J. Sipprell Kragen Sitaker Eric V. Smith Christopher Smith Gregory P. Smith Rafal Smotrzyk Dirk Soede Paul Sokolovsky Cody Somerville Clay Spence Per Spilling Joshua Spoerri Noah Spurrier Nathan Srebro RajGopal Srinivasan Quentin Stafford-Fraser Frank Stajano Oliver Steele Greg Stein Chris Stern Victor Stinner Richard Stoakley Peter Stoehr Casper Stoel Michael Stone Ken Stox Dan Stromberg Daniel Stutzbach Pal Subbiah Nathan Sullivan Mark Summerfield Hisao Suzuki Andrew Svetlov Kalle Svensson Andrew Svetlov Paul Swartz Thenault Sylvain Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis Geoff Talvola Musashi Tamura William Tanksley Christian Tanzer Steven Taschuk Monty Taylor Amy Taylor Tobias Thelen James Thomas Robin Thomas Eric Tiedemann Tracy Tims Oren Tirosh Jason Tishler Christian Tismer Frank J. Tobin R Lindsay Todd Bennett Todd Richard Townsend Laurence Tratt John Tromp Jason Trowbridge Anthony Tuininga Stephen Turner Bill Tutt Doobee R. Tzeck Eren Türkay Lionel Ulmer Roger Upole Michael Urman Hector Urtubia Andi Vajda Atul Varma Dmitry Vasiliev Alexandre Vassalotti Frank Vercruesse Mike Verdone Jaap Vermeulen Al Vezza Jacques A. Vidrine John Viega Kannan Vijayan Kurt Vile Norman Vine Frank Visser Niki W. Waibel Wojtek Walczak Charles Waldman Richard Walker Larry Wall Rodrigo Steinmuller Wanderley Greg Ward Barry Warsaw Steve Waterbury Bob Watson David Watson Aaron Watters Henrik Weber Corran Webster Stefan Wehr Zack Weinberg Edward Welbourne Cliff Wells Rickard Westman Jeff Wheeler Christopher White Mats Wichmann Truida Wiedijk Felix Wiemann Gerry Wiener Frank Wierzbicki Bryce "Zooko" Wilcox-O'Hearn John Williams Sue Williams Gerald S. Williams Frank Willison Greg V. Wilson Jody Winston Collin Winter Dik Winter Blake Winton Jean-Claude Wippler Lars Wirzenius Chris Withers Stefan Witzel Irek Wlizlo David Wolever Klaus-Juergen Wolf Dan Wolfe Richard Wolff Darren Worrall Gordon Worley Thomas Wouters Heiko Wundram Doug Wyatt Ka-Ping Yee Bob Yodlowski Danny Yoo George Yoshida Masazumi Yoshikawa Bernard Yue Moshe Zadka Milan Zamazal Artur Zaprzala Mike Zarnstorff Siebren van der Zee Uwe Zessin Tarek Ziadé Peter Åstrand