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I just want to chime in and say that Ned Batchelder is one of the greatest human beings alive.

Or, at least, to me he is. This man helps so many people with nothing in return. He's a regular on some python IRC channels, he has personally helped me so much. He makes difficult concepts easy to understand. I encourage everyone to watch his pycon talks. Start with his talk on loops: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnSu9hHGq5o

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There's a few outstanding people that make me love the Python ecosystem, Nedbat is definitely in that list.

FunkyBob (Curtis Maloney) is also a staple with Django, he's spent years and years helping people and asking for nothing in return.

I'll throw in Raymond Hettinger & Jack Diederich -- excellent peeps.

Agreed. I run into Ned every 3-4 years, he always remembers me, and he's super nice and helpful.

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