I think it's more like when you see articles with a passage like:
The C programming language[1] or the C++ programming language[2] are both > examples of... > Are both easy to find the proper reference for. On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 2:13 PM, Ben Finney <ben+pyt...@benfinney.id.au>wrote: > Mark Livingstone <livingstonem...@gmail.com> writes: > > > I wish to properly cite Python in an academic paper I am writing. > > > > Is there a preferred document etc to cite? > > I think you're best positioned to answer that. Python isn't a document, > so what specifically are you citing it as? > > -- > \ “A ‘No’ uttered from deepest conviction is better and greater | > `\ than a ‘Yes’ merely uttered to please, or what is worse, to | > _o__) avoid trouble.” —Mohandas K. Gandhi | > Ben Finney > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list >
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