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 Attila Babo 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 Matthew Boedicker 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 Greg Copeland 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 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 Maxim Dzumanenko 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 Bill Fancher Mark Favas Niels Ferguson Sebastian Fernandez Vincent Fiack Russell Finn Nils Fischbeck Hernán Martínez Foffani Doug Fort Martin Franklin 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 Marius Gedminas Thomas Gellekum Christos Georgiou Ben Gertzfield Dinu Gherman 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. Hankins Stephen Hansen Barry Hantman Lynda Hardman Derek Harland Jason Harper Gerhard Häring Larry Hastings Shane Hathaway Rycharde Hawkes Jochen Hayek Thomas Heller Lance Finn Helsten Jonathan Hendry James Henstridge Chris Herborth Ivan Herman Jürgen Hermann Gary Herron 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 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 Jeremy Hylton Juan David Ibáñez Palomar Tony Ingraldi John Interrante Ben Jackson Paul Jackson David Jacobs Kevin Jacobs Geert Jansen Jack Jansen Bill Janssen Drew Jenkins Flemming Kjær Jensen Jiba Orjan Johansen Simon Johnston Richard Jones Lucas de Jonge Jens B. 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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 Mark Perrego Tim Peters Chris Petrilli Geoff Philbrick Adrian Phillips Christopher J. 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Runde Jeff Rush Sam Rushing Nick Russo Rich Salz Kevin Samborn Ty Sarna Ben Sayer Michael Scharf Neil Schemenauer David Scherer Gregor Schmid Peter Schneider-Kamp Sam Schulenburg Stefan Schwarzer Dietmar Schwertberger Barry Scott Steven Scott Nick Seidenman Fred Sells 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 Kragen Sitaker Christopher Smith Gregory P. Smith Rafal Smotrzyk Dirk Soede Paul Sokolovsky Clay Spence Per Spilling Noah Spurrier Oliver Steele Greg Stein Chris Stern Dan Stromberg Nathan Sullivan Mark Summerfield Hisao Suzuki Kalle Svensson Hajime Saitou Nathan Srebro RajGopal Srinivasan Jim St. Pierre Quentin Stafford-Fraser Frank Stajano Richard Stoakley Casper Stoel Peter Stoehr Ken Stox Daniel Stutzbach William Tanksley Christian Tanzer Amy 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 Stephen Turner Bill Tutt Doobee R. Tzeck Lionel Ulmer Jaap Vermeulen Al Vezza Jacques A. 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