Why would I learn Python over other languages?

[Giles Brown]

Paul Rubin <http://phr.cx@NOSPAM.invalid> wrote in message news:<7x7jtfugh8.fsf at ruckus.brouhaha.com>...
> "Charif Lakchiri" <charif at kuc.biglobe.ne.jp> writes:
> 
> > Can it be used for administrative tasks, say as perl...?
> 
> Sure, so can any language.  I'd say it's generally simpler to toss off
> a 5-line perl script for some admin task than a comparable Python
> script.

So if you want to spend your time tossing off you should use perl right? ;-)

Giles
(ignoring potential cross-cultural humour difficulties.)