Acknowledgements

The first thanks belongs to Guido van Rossum, without whom this text would not even exist. With Python, Guido has created a veritable “holy grail” of languages which is an “oh so perfect” tool in so many fields which involve programming, not to mention being a pleasure to use.

I would also like to express hearty congratulations and a warm thanks to all technical and non-technical, official and non-official, reviewers involved in this project. Without you, this text would have never been completed. In no particular order, you are presented in the following table. In particular, I'd like to recognize Dowson Tong, Dr. Candelaria de Ram, and Jim Ahlstrom for their numerous nitpicks and helpful comments throughout the entire text (you ...

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