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. Rajiv Abraham David Abrahams Ron Adam Ali Afshar 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 Aymeric Augustin John Aycock Donovan Baarda Attila Babo Marcin Bachry Alfonso Baciero Dwayne Bailey Stig Bakken Greg Ball Luigi Ballabio Jeff Balogh Matt Bandy Michael J. Barber Nicolas Bareil Chris Barker Nick Barnes Quentin Barnes David Barnett Richard Barran Cesar Eduardo Barros Des Barry Ulf Bartelt Pior Bastida Nick Bastin Jeff Bauer Michael R Bax Anthony Baxter Mike Bayer Samuel L. Bayer Donald Beaudry David Beazley Neal Becker Robin 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 Renaud Blanch Mike Bland Martin Bless Pablo Bleyer Erik van Blokland Eric Blossom Finn Bock Paul Boddie Matthew Boedicker David Bolen Gawain Bolton Forest Bond Gregory Bond Matias Bordese Jurjen Bos Peter Bosch Eric Bouck Thierry Bousch Sebastian Boving Jeff Bradberry Monty Brandenberg Georg Brandl Christopher Brannon Terrence Brannon Erik Bray Brian Brazil Dave Brennan Tom Bridgman Anthony Briggs Tobias Brink Richard Brodie Michael Broghton Daniel Brotsky Jean Brouwers Gary S. Brown Titus Brown Oleg Broytmann Dave Brueck Francisco Martín Brugué Floris Bruynooghe Stan Bubrouski Erik de Bueger Jan-Hein Bührman Dick Bulterman Bill Bumgarner Jimmy Burgett Tommy Burnette Roger Burnham Alastair Burt Tarn Weisner Burton Lee Busby Ralph Butler Nicolas Cadou Jp Calderone Arnaud Calmettes Daniel Calvelo Tony Campbell Brett Cannon Mike Carlton Pierre Carrier Terry Carroll Lorenzo M. 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