Formal reference for Python

[Terry Reedy]

"Tim Churches" <tchur at optushome.com.au> wrote in message
news:mailman.65.1072845144.8134.python-list at python.org...
> I am writing a scientific paper and need to reference Python. Is there
any
> preferred way of doing so, which gives credit where it is due? This has
been
> discussed previously, but not recently, I think.
>
> The latest version of R (a free, open source language/environment for
statistical
> analysis) includes a citation() function, which returns the canonical
citation for R
> as defined by the core R development team. Worth emulating in Python?
How about
Guido van Rossum, Python Reference Manual, Python Software Foundation,
http://www.python.org/doc/current/ref/ref.html, 2003

tjr