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About the Author

Mark Lutz is a software developer and a Python writer and trainer. He is also the author of the O'Reilly book Programming Python, as well as a Python chapter in a programming languages text. Mark has programmed a variety of Python systems, teaches courses about the language, and has been involved with Python since 1992 (which means he gets to call himself a Python "Old Timer" when he's in a stoic mood).

By day, Mark currently works as a software gun-for-hire (described on his resume as a consultant). He earned B.S. and M.S. degrees in computer science from the University of Wisconsin, and has worked on compilers, programming tools, scripting languages, and assorted client/server systems. Most of his recent development experience involves hard-core programming, killer bugs, and arguably insane hours, but he's having too much fun to take up pig farming any time soon.

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