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. Aahz Michael Abbott David Abrahams Ron Adam Jim Ahlstrom Farhan Ahmad Matthew Ahrens Nir Aides Yaniv Aknin Jyrki Alakuijala Steve Alexander Fred Allen Ray Allen Billy G. Allie Kevin Altis Joe Amenta A. Amoroso Mark Anacker Shashwat Anand Anders Andersen John Anderson Pehr Anderson Erik Andersén Oliver Andrich Ross Andrus Jérémy Anger Ankur Ankan Jon Anglin Heidi Annexstad Éric Araujo Alicia Arlen Jeffrey Armstrong Jason Asbahr David Ascher Chris AtLee John Aycock Jan-Hein Bührman Donovan Baarda Arne Babenhauserheide Attila Babo Alfonso Baciero Marcin Bachry Dwayne Bailey Stig Bakken Greg Ball Luigi Ballabio Jeff Balogh Manuel Balsera Matt Bandy Michael J. Barber Daniel Barclay Nicolas Bareil Chris Barker Anton Barkovsky Nick Barnes Quentin Barnes Matthew Barnett Richard Barran Cesar Eduardo Barros Des Barry Ulf Bartelt Don Bashford Nick Bastin Ned Batchelder Jeff Bauer Mike Bayer Michael R Bax Anthony Baxter Samuel L. Bayer Donald Beaudry David Beazley Robin Becker Neal Becker Torsten Becker Bill Bedford Ian Beer Stefan Behnel Reimer Behrends Ben Bell Thomas Bellman Alexander “Саша” Belopolsky Eli Bendersky David Benjamin Andrew Bennetts Andy Bensky Bennett Benson 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 Jonathan Black Mike Bland Martin Bless Pablo Bleyer Erik van Blokland Eric Blossom Sergey Bobrov Finn Bock Paul Boddie Matthew Boedicker Robin Boerdijk David Bolen Forest Bond Gawain Bolton Gregory Bond Jurjen Bos Peter Bosch Eric Bouck Thierry Bousch Sebastian Boving Michal Bozon Jeff Bradberry Aaron Brancotti Monty Brandenberg Georg Brandl Christopher Brannon Terrence Brannon Brian Brazil Dave Brennan Tom Bridgman Keith Briggs Tobias Brink Richard Brodie Michael Broghton Daniel Brotsky Jean Brouwers Gary S. Brown Oleg Broytmann Dave Brueck Francisco Martín Brugué Ian Bruntlett Floris Bruynooghe Stan Bubrouski Erik de Bueger Dick Bulterman Bill Bumgarner Jimmy Burgett Edmond Burnett Tommy Burnette Roger Burnham Alastair Burt Tarn Weisner Burton Lee Busby Ralph Butler Zach Byrne Jp Calderone Arnaud Calmettes Daniel Calvelo Tony Campbell Brett Cannon Mike Carlton Terry Carroll Damien Cassou Lorenzo M. 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