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Credits
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IPython was started and continues to be led by Fernando Pérez.

Core developers
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As of this writing, core development team consists of the following
developers:

* **Fernando Pérez** <Fernando.Perez-AT-berkeley.edu> Project creator and leader, 
  IPython core, parallel computing infrastructure, testing, release manager.

* **Robert Kern** <rkern-AT-enthought.com> Co-mentored the 2005 Google Summer of
  Code project, work on IPython's core.

* **Brian Granger** <ellisonbg-AT-gmail.com> Parallel computing 
  infrastructure, IPython core.

* **Benjamin (Min) Ragan-Kelley** <benjaminrk-AT-gmail.com> Parallel computing
  infrastructure.

* **Ville Vainio** <vivainio-AT-gmail.com> IPython core, maintainer of IPython
  trunk from version 0.7.2 to 0.8.4.

* **Gael Varoquaux** <gael.varoquaux-AT-normalesup.org> wxPython IPython GUI,
  frontend architecture.

* **Barry Wark** <barrywark-AT-gmail.com> Cocoa GUI, frontend architecture.

* **Laurent Dufrechou** <laurent.dufrechou-AT-gmail.com> wxPython IPython GUI.

* **Jörgen Stenarson** <jorgen.stenarson-AT-bostream.nu> Maintainer of the
  PyReadline project, which is needed for IPython under windows.

Special thanks
==============

The IPython project is also very grateful to:

Bill Bumgarner <bbum-AT-friday.com>, for providing the DPyGetOpt module that
IPython used for parsing command line options through version 0.10.

Ka-Ping Yee <ping-AT-lfw.org>, for providing the Itpl module for convenient
and powerful string interpolation with a much nicer syntax than formatting
through the '%' operator.

Arnd Baecker <baecker-AT-physik.tu-dresden.de>, for his many very useful
suggestions and comments, and lots of help with testing and documentation
checking. Many of IPython's newer features are a result of discussions with
him.

Obviously Guido van Rossum and the whole Python development team, for creating
a great language for interactive computing.

Enthought (http://www.enthought.com), for hosting IPython's website and
supporting the project in various ways over the years.

Fernando would also like to thank Stephen Figgins <fig-AT-monitor.net>,
an O'Reilly Python editor. His October 11, 2001 article about IPP and
LazyPython, was what got this project started. You can read it at
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/python/2001/10/11/pythonnews.html.

Contributors
============

And last but not least, all the kind IPython contributors who have contributed
new code, bug reports, fixes, comments and ideas. A brief list follows, please
let us know if we have omitted your name by accident:

* Dan Milstein <danmil-AT-comcast.net> A bold refactor of the core prefilter
  machinery in the IPython interpreter.

* Jack Moffit <jack-AT-xiph.org> Bug fixes, including the infamous color
  problem. This bug alone caused many lost hours and frustration, many thanks
  to him for the fix. I've always been a fan of Ogg & friends, now I have one
  more reason to like these folks. Jack is also contributing with Debian
  packaging and many other things.
 
* Alexander Schmolck <a.schmolck-AT-gmx.net> Emacs work, bug reports, bug
  fixes, ideas, lots more. The ipython.el mode for (X)Emacs is Alex's code,
  providing full support for IPython under (X)Emacs.

* Andrea Riciputi <andrea.riciputi-AT-libero.it> Mac OSX information, Fink
  package management.

* Gary Bishop <gb-AT-cs.unc.edu> Bug reports, and patches to work around the
  exception handling idiosyncracies of WxPython. Readline and color support
  for Windows.

* Jeffrey Collins <Jeff.Collins-AT-vexcel.com>. Bug reports. Much improved
  readline support, including fixes for Python 2.3.

* Dryice Liu <dryice-AT-liu.com.cn> FreeBSD port.

* Mike Heeter <korora-AT-SDF.LONESTAR.ORG>

* Christopher Hart <hart-AT-caltech.edu> PDB integration.

* Milan Zamazal <pdm-AT-zamazal.org> Emacs info.

* Philip Hisley <compsys-AT-starpower.net>

* Holger Krekel <pyth-AT-devel.trillke.net> Tab completion, lots more.

* Robin Siebler <robinsiebler-AT-starband.net>

* Ralf Ahlbrink <ralf_ahlbrink-AT-web.de>

* Thorsten Kampe <thorsten-AT-thorstenkampe.de>

* Fredrik Kant <fredrik.kant-AT-front.com> Windows setup.

* Syver Enstad <syver-en-AT-online.no> Windows setup.

* Richard <rxe-AT-renre-europe.com> Global embedding.

* Hayden Callow <h.callow-AT-elec.canterbury.ac.nz> Gnuplot.py 1.6
  compatibility.
  
* Leonardo Santagada <retype-AT-terra.com.br> Fixes for Windows
  installation.
  
* Christopher Armstrong <radix-AT-twistedmatrix.com> Bugfixes.

* Francois Pinard <pinard-AT-iro.umontreal.ca> Code and
  documentation fixes.
  
* Cory Dodt <cdodt-AT-fcoe.k12.ca.us> Bug reports and Windows
  ideas. Patches for Windows installer.
  
* Olivier Aubert <oaubert-AT-bat710.univ-lyon1.fr> New magics.

* King C. Shu <kingshu-AT-myrealbox.com> Autoindent patch.

* Chris Drexler <chris-AT-ac-drexler.de> Readline packages for
  Win32/CygWin.
  
* Gustavo Cordova Avila <gcordova-AT-sismex.com> EvalDict code for
  nice, lightweight string interpolation.
  
* Kasper Souren <Kasper.Souren-AT-ircam.fr> Bug reports, ideas.

* Gever Tulley <gever-AT-helium.com> Code contributions.

* Ralf Schmitt <ralf-AT-brainbot.com> Bug reports & fixes.

* Oliver Sander <osander-AT-gmx.de> Bug reports.

* Rod Holland <rhh-AT-structurelabs.com> Bug reports and fixes to
  logging module.

* Daniel 'Dang' Griffith <pythondev-dang-AT-lazytwinacres.net>
  Fixes, enhancement suggestions for system shell use.

* Viktor Ransmayr <viktor.ransmayr-AT-t-online.de> Tests and
  reports on Windows installation issues. Contributed a true Windows
  binary installer.

* Mike Salib <msalib-AT-mit.edu> Help fixing a subtle bug related
  to traceback printing.

* W.J. van der Laan <gnufnork-AT-hetdigitalegat.nl> Bash-like
  prompt specials.

* Antoon Pardon <Antoon.Pardon-AT-rece.vub.ac.be> Critical fix for
  the multithreaded IPython.

* John Hunter <jdhunter-AT-nitace.bsd.uchicago.edu> Matplotlib
  author, helped with all the development of support for matplotlib
  in IPyhton, including making necessary changes to matplotlib itself.

* Matthew Arnison <maffew-AT-cat.org.au> Bug reports, '%run -d' idea.

* Prabhu Ramachandran <prabhu_r-AT-users.sourceforge.net> Help
  with (X)Emacs support, threading patches, ideas...

* Norbert Tretkowski <tretkowski-AT-inittab.de> help with Debian
  packaging and distribution.

* George Sakkis <gsakkis-AT-eden.rutgers.edu> New matcher for
  tab-completing named arguments of user-defined functions.

* Jörgen Stenarson <jorgen.stenarson-AT-bostream.nu> Wildcard
  support implementation for searching namespaces.

* Vivian De Smedt <vivian-AT-vdesmedt.com> Debugger enhancements,
  so that when pdb is activated from within IPython, coloring, tab
  completion and other features continue to work seamlessly.

* Scott Tsai <scottt958-AT-yahoo.com.tw> Support for automatic
  editor invocation on syntax errors (see
  http://www.scipy.net/roundup/ipython/issue36).

* Alexander Belchenko <bialix-AT-ukr.net> Improvements for win32
  paging system.

* Will Maier <willmaier-AT-ml1.net> Official OpenBSD port.

* Ondrej Certik <ondrej-AT-certik.cz> Set up the IPython docs to use the new
  Sphinx system used by Python, Matplotlib and many more projects.

* Stefan van der Walt <stefan-AT-sun.ac.za> Design and prototype of the
  Traits based config system.