- The hundreds of thousands who read the 12 editions of the three Python books
I’ve written since 1995 - Monty Python, Python’s namesake, for so many great bits to draw from (more in
the next chapter)
Although writing is ultimately a solitary task, the ideas that spring forth owe much to
the input of many. I’m thankful for all the feedback I’ve been fortunate to receive over
the last 18 years, both from classes and from readers. Students really are the best teach-
ers of teachers.
On the (overly) personal front, I’d like to thank my brothers and sister for old days, as
well as my children, Michael, Samantha, and Roxanne, for bragging rights.
And I’m especially thankful for my wife, Vera, who somehow managed to append very
good things to this otherwise immutable object.
—Mark Lutz, July 2010xxxviii | Preface