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 Jim Ahlstrom Farhan Ahmad Nir Aides Yaniv Aknin Jyrki Alakuijala Steve Alexander Fred Allen Billy G. Allie Kevin Altis Joe Amenta A. Amoroso Mark Anacker Anders Andersen John Anderson Pehr Anderson Erik Andersén Oliver Andrich Ross Andrus Ankur Ankan Heidi Annexstad Éric Araujo 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 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 Reimer Behrends Ben Bell Thomas Bellman Alexander “Саша” Belopolsky David Benjamin Oscar Benjamin Andrew Bennetts Andy Bensky Bennett Benson Michel Van den Bergh Eric Beser Steven Bethard Stephen Bevan Ron Bickers Natalia B. Bidart David Binger Dominic Binks Philippe Biondi Michael Birtwell Stuart Bishop Roy Bixler Jonathan Black Mike Bland Martin Bless Pablo Bleyer Erik van Blokland Eric Blossom Finn Bock Paul Boddie Matthew Boedicker Robin Boerdijk David Bolen Wouter Bolsterlee 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 Erik Bray Brian Brazil Dave Brennan Tom Bridgman Keith Briggs Richard Brodie Michael Broghton Daniel Brotsky Jean Brouwers Gary S. Brown Oleg Broytmann Dave Brueck Francisco Martín Brugué Ian Bruntlett 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 Arnaud Calmettes Daniel Calvelo Tony Campbell Brett Cannon Mike Carlton Terry Carroll Damien Cassou Lorenzo M. Catucci Donn Cave Charles Cazabon Jesús Cea Avión Per Cederqvist Carl Cerecke Octavian Cerna Dave Chambers Pascal Chambon John Chandler Hye-Shik Chang Jeffrey Chang Mitch Chapman Greg Chapman Brad Chapman Yogesh Chaudhari David Chaum Nicolas Chauvat Michael Chermside Albert Chin-A-Young Adal Chiriliuc Matt Chisholm Anders Chrigström Tom Christiansen Vadim Chugunov Mauro Cicognini David Cinege Craig Citro Gilles Civario Mike Clarkson Andrew Clegg Brad Clements Steve Clift Nick Coghlan Josh Cogliati Dave Cole Benjamin Collar Jeffery Collins Robert Collins Paul Colomiets Geremy Condra Juan José Conti Matt Conway David M. Cooke Garrett Cooper Greg Copeland Aldo Cortesi David Costanzo Scott Cotton Greg Couch David Cournapeau Julien Courteau Steve Cousins Alex Coventry Matthew Dixon Cowles Ryan Coyner Christopher A. Craig Jeremy Craven Laura Creighton Simon Cross Felipe Cruz Drew Csillag Joaquin Cuenca Abela John Cugini Tom Culliton Brian Curtin Lisandro Dalcin Andrew Dalke Lars Damerow Evan Dandrea Eric Daniel Scott David Daniels Ben Darnell Kushal Das Jonathan Dasteel A. Jesse Jiryu Davis John DeGood Ned Deily Vincent Delft Arnaud Delobelle Erik Demaine John Dennis L. Peter Deutsch Roger Dev Philippe Devalkeneer Raghuram Devarakonda Catherine Devlin Scott Dial Toby Dickenson Mark Dickinson Jack Diederich Daniel Diniz Yves Dionne Daniel Dittmar Jaromir Dolecek Ismail Donmez Robert Donohue Marcos Donolo Dima Dorfman Cesar Douady Dean Draayer Fred L. Drake, Jr. John DuBois Paul Dubois Graham Dumpleton Quinn Dunkan Robin Dunn Luke Dunstan Virgil Dupras Bruno Dupuis Andy Dustman Gary Duzan Eugene Dvurechenski Josip Dzolonga Maxim Dzumanenko Walter Dörwald Hans Eckardt David Edelsohn Grant Edwards John Ehresman Eric Eisner Andrew Eland Lance Ellinghaus David Ely Jeff Epler Tom Epperly Stoffel Erasmus Jürgen A. Erhard Michael Ernst Ben Escoto Andy Eskilsson Stefan Esser Stephen D Evans Carey Evans Tim Everett Paul Everitt David Everly Daniel Evers Greg Ewing Martijn Faassen Clovis Fabricio Andreas Faerber Bill Fancher Troy J. Farrell Mark Favas Niels Ferguson Sebastian Fernandez Carl Feynman Vincent Fiack Tomer Filiba Jeffrey Finkelstein Russell Finn Dan Finnie Nils Fischbeck Frederik Fix Matt Fleming Hernán Martínez Foffani Artem Fokin Arnaud Fontaine Michael Foord Amaury Forgeot d'Arc Doug Fort John Fouhy Stefan Franke Martin Franklin Bruce Frederiksen Robin Friedrich Bradley Froehle Ivan Frohne Jim Fulton Tadayoshi Funaba Gyro Funch Peter Funk Geoff Furnish Ulisses Furquim Hagen Fürstenau Hallvard B Furuseth Achim Gaedke Martin von Gagern Lele Gaifax Santiago Gala Yitzchak Gale Matthew Gallagher Quentin Gallet-Gilles Raymund Galvin Nitin Ganatra Fred Gansevles Lars Marius Garshol Dan Gass Andrew Gaul Stephen M. 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Hetland Raymond Hettinger Kevan Heydon Jason Hildebrand Richie Hindle Konrad Hinsen David Hobley Tim Hochberg Joerg-Cyril Hoehle Gregor Hoffleit Chris Hoffman Stefan Hoffmeister Albert Hofkamp Tomas Hoger Jonathan Hogg Steve Holden Akintayo Holder Thomas Holenstein Gerrit Holl Shane Holloway Rune Holm Philip Homburg Naofumi Honda Jeffrey Honig Rob Hooft Michiel de Hoon Brian Hooper Randall Hopper Nadav Horesh Jan Hosang Ken Howard Brad Howes Mike Hoy Chih-Hao Huang Lawrence Hudson Michael Hudson Jim Hugunin Greg Humphreys Eric Huss Jeremy Hylton Ludwig Hähne Gerhard Häring Fredrik Håård Catalin Iacob Mihai Ibanescu Lars Immisch Bobby Impollonia Meador Inge Tony Ingraldi John Interrante Bob Ippolito Roger Irwin Atsuo Ishimoto Paul Jackson Ben Jackson Manuel Jacob David Jacobs Kevin Jacobs Kjetil Jacobsen Geert Jansen Jack Jansen Bill Janssen Thomas Jarosch Rajagopalasarma Jayakrishnan Drew Jenkins Flemming Kjær Jensen Philip H. Jensen Philip Jenvey Chris Jerdonek Jiba Pedro Diaz Jimenez Orjan Johansen Fredrik Johansson Gregory K. Johnson Kent Johnson Simon Johnston Nicolas Joly Evan Jones Jeremy Jones Richard Jones Irmen de Jong Lucas de Jonge John Jorgensen Jens B. Jorgensen Sijin Joseph Andreas Jung Tattoo Mabonzo K. Sarah K. Bohuslav Kabrda Bob Kahn Kurt B. Kaiser Tamito Kajiyama Peter van Kampen Jacob Kaplan-Moss Piotr Kasprzyk Anton Kasyanov Lou Kates Hiroaki Kawai Sebastien Keim Ryan Kelly Robert Kern Randall Kern Jim Kerr Magnus Kessler Lawrence Kesteloot Rafe Kettler Vivek Khera Mads Kiilerich Jan Kim Taek Joo Kim W. Trevor King Paul Kippes Steve Kirsch Sebastian Kirsche Kamil Kisiel Akira Kitada Ron Klatchko Bastian Kleineidam Bob Kline Matthias Klose Jeremy Kloth Thomas Kluyver Kim Knapp Lenny Kneler Pat Knight Jeff Knupp Greg Kochanski Damon Kohler Marko Kohtala Vajrasky Kok Guido Kollerie Peter A. Koren Joseph Koshy Daniel Kozan Jerzy Kozera Maksim Kozyarchuk Stefan Krah Bob Kras Sebastian Kreft Holger Krekel Michael Kremer Fabian Kreutz Cédric Krier Hannu Krosing Andrej Krpic Ivan Krstić Steven Kryskalla Andrew Kuchling Ralf W. Grosse-Kunstleve Dave Kuhlman Vladimir Kushnir Erno Kuusela Kirill Kuzminykh (Кирилл Кузьминых) Ross Lagerwall Cameron Laird Thomas Lamb Torsten Landschoff Łukasz Langa Tino Lange Andrew Langmead Detlef Lannert Soren Larsen Piers Lauder Ben Laurie Simon Law Chris Lawrence Brian Leair John J. Lee Inyeol Lee Thomas Lee Christopher Lee Luc Lefebvre Pierre Paul Lefebvre Glyph Lefkowitz Vincent Legoll Kip Lehman Joerg Lehmann Robert Lehmann Petri Lehtinen Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton Tshepang Lekhonkhobe Marc-André Lemburg Mateusz Lenik John Lenton Kostyantyn Leschenko Christopher Tur Lesniewski-Laas Mark Levinson William Lewis Xuanji Li Robert van Liere Ross Light Shawn Ligocki Martin Ligr Christopher Lindblad Ulf A. 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