Why Python?

[Todd7]

Thanks for all the well reasoned replies.  I think I will make the 
plunge.





Todd7 <Nospam at please.com> wrote in
news:Xns949ECD7289AD6Todd7Nospampleasecom at 68.12.19.6: 

> I am looking at learning Python, but I would like to know what its 
> strengths and weaknesses are before I invest much time in learning it.
>  My first thought is what is it good for programming, however I expect
> an answer from the python newsgroup to be something like "everything".
>  So maybe a better question is what type of programming projects is
> Python a bad choice?
> 
> What makes it better or worse than languages like perl, php, delphi,
> or c++?
> 
> Thanks for your opinions.
> 
> Todd.
>