Arguments for using Python

[Roy Smith]

"Duncan Smith" <buzzard at urubu.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
> I need to put together a document to convince them that installing
> Python on their network is 'safe' (and a generally good idea in any case).

Biggest safety argument I can make for Python over C is that due to the 
way it does dynamic memory allocation for strings, Python is immune to 
the buffer overflow issue that plague so many network applications 
written in C.  I can't begin to count the number of well-known security 
hacks based on buffer overflows.