DOI for Python? (was: Academic citation for Python)

[Tim Churches]

Ross Lazarus wrote:
> How should the Python language be cited in an academic publication?

to which Tim Churches replied:
> G. van Rossum and F.L. Drake (eds), Python Reference Manual,
> PythonLabs, Virginia, USA, 2001. Available at http://www.python.org

But maybe a DOI (Digital Object Identifier) for Python would be a good
idea,
given the peripatetic nature of the core Python team over the last 
several years. More information about DOIs can be found at
http://www.doi.org

The main way of implementing DOIs is via the Handle system (see
http://www.handle.net),
which was developed by none other than the Corporation for National
Research
Initiatives (CNRI), the former home of Python. Ironically, the Handle
system
appears to be implemented in Java.

Tim C