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 Chris AtLee John Aycock Donovan Baarda Attila Babo Alfonso Baciero Dwayne Bailey Stig Bakken Greg Ball Luigi Ballabio Michael J. Barber Chris Barker Quentin Barnes Richard Barran Cesar Eduardo Barros Des Barry Ulf Bartelt Nick Bastin Jeff Bauer Michael R Bax Anthony Baxter Samuel L. Bayer Donald Beaudry David Beazley Neal Becker Robin Becker Bill Bedford Reimer Behrends Ben Bell Thomas Bellman Juan M. Bello Rivas Alexander Belopolsky Andrew Bennetts Andy Bensky Michel Van den Bergh Eric Beser Steven Bethard Stephen Bevan Ron Bickers 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 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 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 Brian Leair 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 Adal Chiriliuc 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 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 Erik Demaine Roger Dev Raghuram Devarakonda Toby Dickenson Mark Dickinson Yves Dionne Daniel Dittmar Walter Dörwald Jaromir Dolecek Ismail Donmez Dima Dorfman Cesar Douady Dean Draayer Fred L. Drake, Jr. John DuBois Paul Dubois Quinn Dunkan Robin Dunn Luke Dunstan Andy Dustman Gary Duzan Eugene Dvurechenski Maxim Dzumanenko Hans Eckardt Grant Edwards John Ehresman Andrew Eland 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 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 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 Lele Gaifax Santiago Gala Yitzchak Gale Raymund Galvin Nitin Ganatra Fred Gansevles Lars Marius Garshol Dan Gass 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 Thomas Güttler Michael Guravage Lars Gustäbel Barry Haddow Václav Haisman Paul ten Hagen Rasmus Hahn Peter Haight Bob Halley 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 Christian Heimes Thomas Heller 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 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 Mihai Ibanescu Juan David Ibáñez Palomar Lars Immisch Tony Ingraldi John Interrante Bob Ippolito Atsuo Ishimoto Ben Jackson Paul Jackson David Jacobs Kevin Jacobs Kjetil Jacobsen Geert Jansen Jack Jansen Bill Janssen Drew Jenkins Flemming Kjær Jensen Jiba Orjan Johansen Gregory K. Johnson Simon Johnston Evan Jones Jeremy Jones Richard Jones Irmen de Jong Lucas de Jonge Jens B. Jorgensen John Jorgensen Andreas Jung Tattoo Mabonzo K. Bob Kahn Kurt B. Kaiser Tamito Kajiyama Peter van Kampen Jacob Kaplan-Moss Lou Kates Sebastien Keim Randall Kern Robert Kern Magnus Kessler Lawrence Kesteloot Vivek Khera Mads Kiilerich Steve Kirsch Ron Klatchko Bastian Kleineidam Bob Kline Matthias Klose Kim Knapp Lenny Kneler Pat Knight Greg Kochanski Damon Kohler Joseph Koshy Bob Kras Holger Krekel Fabian Kreutz Hannu Krosing Andrew Kuchling Vladimir Kushnir Arnaud Mazin Cameron Laird Tino Lange Andrew Langmead Detlef Lannert Soren Larsen Piers Lauder Ben Laurie Simon Law Chris Lawrence Christopher Lee Inyeol Lee John J. Lee Thomas Lee Luc Lefebvre Kip Lehman Joerg Lehmann Marc-Andre Lemburg Mark Levinson William Lewis Robert van Liere Shawn Ligocki Martin Ligr Christopher Lindblad Eric Lindvall Bjorn Lindqvist Per Lindqvist Nick Lockwood Stephanie Lockwood Martin von Löwis Anne Lord Tom Loredo Jason Lowe Tony Lownds Ray Loyzaga Loren Luke Fredrik Lundh Mark Lutz Jim Lynch Mikael Lyngvig Alan McIntyre Andrew I MacIntyre Tim MacKenzie Nick Maclaren Steve Majewski Grzegorz Makarewicz Ken Manheimer Vladimir Marangozov Doug Marien Alex Martelli Anthony Martin Sébastien Martini Roger Masse Nick Mathewson Graham Matthews Dieter Maurer Greg McFarlane Michael McLay Gordon McMillan Damien Miller Jay T. Miller Chris McDonough Andrew McNamara Caolan McNamara Craig McPheeters Lambert Meertens Bill van Melle Luke Mewburn Mike Meyer Steven Miale Trent Mick Chad Miller Damien Miller Roman Milner Dom Mitchell Dustin J. Mitchell Doug Moen Paul Moore The Dragon De Monsyne Skip Montanaro James A Morrison Sape Mullender Sjoerd Mullender Michael Muller John Nagle Takahiro Nakayama Travers Naran Fredrik Nehr Tony Nelson Chad Netzer Max Neunhöffer George Neville-Neil Johannes Nicolai Samuel Nicolary Gustavo Niemeyer Oscar Nierstrasz Hrvoje Niksic Bill Noon Stefan Norberg Tim Northover Joe Norton Neal Norwitz Nigel O'Brian Kevin O'Connor Tim O'Malley Pascal Oberndoerfer Jeffrey Ollie Grant Olson Piet van Oostrum Jason Orendorff Douglas Orr Denis S. Otkidach Russel Owen Mike Pall Todd R. Palmer Jan Palus Peter Parente Alexandre Parenteau Dan Parisien Harri Pasanen Randy Pausch Ondrej Palkovsky M. Papillon Marcel van der Peijl Samuele Pedroni Steven Pemberton Eduardo Pérez Fernando Pérez Mark Perrego Trevor Perrin Tim Peters Chris Petrilli Bjorn Pettersen Geoff Philbrick Gavrie Philipson Adrian Phillips Christopher J. Phoenix Neale Pickett Jean-François Piéronne Dan Pierson Martijn Pieters François Pinard Zach Pincus Michael Piotrowski Iustin Pop John Popplewell Amrit Prem Paul Prescod Donovan Preston Steve Purcell Brian Quinlan Anders Qvist Burton Radons 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 Anthony Roach Mark Roberts 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 Liam Routt Sam Ruby Paul Rubin Audun S. Runde Jeff Rush Sam Rushing Mark Russell Nick Russo Hajime Saitou Rich Salz Kevin Samborn Ty Sarna Ben Sayer Michael Scharf Neil Schemenauer David Scherer Gregor Schmid Ralf Schmitt Michael Schneider Peter Schneider-Kamp Arvin Schnell Chad J. Schroeder Sam Schulenburg Stefan Schwarzer Dietmar Schwertberger Barry Scott Steven Scott Nick Seidenman Žiga Seilnach Fred Sells Jiwon Seo Jerry Seutter Denis Severson Ha Shao Bruce Sherwood Pete Shinners Michael Shiplett John W. Shipman Joel Shprentz Itamar Shtull-Trauring Eric Siegerman Paul Sijben Kirill Simonov Nathan Paul Simons Janne Sinkkonen George Sipe J. Sipprell Kragen Sitaker Christopher Smith Gregory P. Smith Rafal Smotrzyk Dirk Soede Paul Sokolovsky Clay Spence Per Spilling Joshua Spoerri Noah Spurrier Nathan Srebro RajGopal Srinivasan Jim St. Pierre Quentin Stafford-Fraser Frank Stajano Oliver Steele Greg Stein Chris Stern Richard Stoakley Peter Stoehr Casper Stoel Michael Stone Ken Stox Dan Stromberg Daniel Stutzbach Nathan Sullivan Mark Summerfield Hisao Suzuki Kalle Svensson Paul Swartz Thenault Sylvain Geoff Talvola William Tanksley Christian Tanzer Steven Taschuk Amy Taylor Monty Taylor Tobias Thelen 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 Christopher Tur Lesniewski-Laas Stephen Turner Bill Tutt Eren Türkay Doobee R. Tzeck Lionel Ulmer Roger Upole Michael Urman Hector Urtubia 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 Greg Ward Barry Warsaw Steve Waterbury Bob Watson Aaron Watters Henrik Weber Corran Webster Zack Weinberg Edward Welbourne Cliff Wells Rickard Westman Jeff Wheeler Mats Wichmann Truida Wiedijk Felix Wiemann Gerry Wiener Bryce "Zooko" Wilcox-O'Hearn Gerald S. Williams John Williams Sue Williams Frank Willison Greg V. Wilson Jody Winston Collin Winter Dik Winter Blake Winton Jean-Claude Wippler Lars Wirzenius Stefan Witzel Klaus-Juergen Wolf Dan Wolfe Richard Wolff 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