Academic citation for Python

[Aahz]

In article <eppstein-4F7616.19442924052002 at news.service.uci.edu>,
David Eppstein  <eppstein at ics.uci.edu> wrote:
>
>I can't speak for the OP, but I can imagine situations in which I'm 
>writing an academic paper, and want to use Python to describe an 
>algorithm or something, but don't trust my audience to all know Python.  
>So, I'd say that my algorithm was written in Python [1], where the 
>numbered reference points to somewhere people could go to learn what 
>Python is.  Is there a canonical source of information or should one 
>just pick one of the intro to Python programming books?

One should always mention "http://www.python.org/".  Additional points
of information may be added to taste.
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