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 Mark Anacker Anders Andersen Erik Andersén Oliver Andrich Ross Andrus Jason Asbahr David Ascher Peter Åstrand John Aycock Donovan Baarda Alfonso Baciero Stig Bakken Greg Ball Luigi Ballabio Michael J. Barber Chris Barker Cesar Eduardo Barros Des Barry Ulf Bartelt Jeff Bauer Anthony Baxter Samuel L. Bayer Donald Beaudry David Beazley Neal Becker Bill Bedford Reimer Behrends Thomas Bellman Juan M. Bello Rivas Andy Bensky Michel Van den Bergh Eric Beser Stephen Bevan Ron Bickers Dominic Binks Roy Bixler Martin Bless Pablo Bleyer Erik van Blokland Finn Bock Paul Boddie David Bolen Jurjen Bos Peter Bosch Eric Bouck Thierry Bousch Monty Brandenberg Terrence Brannon Dave Brennan Tom Bridgman 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 Alastair Burt Tarn Weisner Burton Lee Busby Ralph Butler Daniel Calvelo Brett Cannon Mike Carlton Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton Donn Cave Per Cederqvist Octavian Cerna 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 David Costanzo Scott Cotton Greg Couch Steve Cousins Alex Coventry Matthew Dixon Cowles Christopher A. Craig Drew Csillag Tom Culliton John Cugini Andrew Dalke Lars Damerow Eric Daniel Ben Darnell Jonathan Dasteel John DeGood Roger Dev Toby Dickenson Daniel Dittmar Walter Dörwald Jaromir Dolecek Cesar Douady Dean Draayer Fred L. Drake, Jr. John DuBois Paul Dubois Quinn Dunkan Robin Dunn Andy Dustman Gary Duzan Eugene Dvurechenski Hans Eckardt Grant Edwards Lance Ellinghaus David Ely Jeff Epler Tom Epperly Stoffel Erasmus Michael Ernst Ben Escoto Andy Eskilsson Stefan Esser Carey Evans Stephen D Evans Tim Everett Paul Everitt Greg Ewing Martijn Faassen Andreas Faerber Mark Favas Niels Ferguson Sebastian Fernandez Vincent Fiack Russell Finn Nils Fischbeck Hernán Martínez Foffani Doug Fort Robin Friedrich Ivan Frohne Jim Fulton Geoff Furnish Tadayoshi Funaba Peter Funk Lele Gaifax Raymund Galvin Nitin Ganatra Fred Gansevles Lars Marius Garshol Harry Henry Gebel Thomas Gellekum Christos Georgiou Ben Gertzfield Jonathan Giddy Michael Gilfix Chris Gonnerman David Goodger Hans de Graaff Eddy De Greef Duncan Grisby Dag Gruneau Michael Guravage Barry Haddow Paul ten Hagen Rasmus Hahn Peter Haight Jesse Hallio Jun Hamano Mark Hammond Manus Hand Milton L. 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Miller Caolan McNamara Craig McPheeters Lambert Meertens Bill van Melle Mike Meyer Steven Miale Trent Mick Roman Milner Dom Mitchell Doug Moen The Dragon De Monsyne Skip Montanaro James A Morrison Sape Mullender Sjoerd Mullender Michael Muller Takahiro Nakayama Travers Naran Fredrik Nehr Chad Netzer Max Neunhöffer George Neville-Neil Gustavo Niemeyer Oscar Nierstrasz Hrvoje Niksic Bill Noon Stefan Norberg Tim Northover Joe Norton Neal Norwitz Jeffrey Ollie Nigel O'Brian Kevin O'Connor Tim O'Malley Pascal Oberndoerfer Denis S. Otkidach Piet van Oostrum Jason Orendorff Douglas Orr Russel Owen Todd R. Palmer Alexandre Parenteau Dan Parisien Harri Pasanen Randy Pausch Ondrej Palkovsky M. Papillon Marcel van der Peijl Samuele Pedroni Steven Pemberton Eduardo Pérez Fernando Pérez Tim Peters Chris Petrilli Geoff Philbrick Adrian Phillips Christopher J. 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