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 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 Dwayne Bailey Stig Bakken Greg Ball Luigi Ballabio Jeff Balogh 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 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 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 Daniel Brotsky 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 Hye-Shik Chang Jeffrey Chang Mitch Chapman Greg Chapman Brad 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 John Cugini Tom Culliton 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 Jaromir Dolecek Ismail Donmez Dima Dorfman Cesar Douady Dean Draayer John DuBois Paul Dubois Quinn Dunkan Robin Dunn Luke Dunstan Andy Dustman Gary Duzan Eugene Dvurechenski Josip Dzolonga Maxim Dzumanenko Walter Dörwald Hans Eckardt Grant Edwards John Ehresman Andrew Eland Lance Ellinghaus David Ely Jeff Epler Tom Epperly Stoffel Erasmus Jürgen A. 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