Why Python?

[Ed Murphy]

On Mon, 01 Mar 2004 05:12:48 +0000, Rainer Deyke wrote:

> Todd7 wrote:

>> What makes it better or worse than languages like perl, php, delphi,
>> or c++?

> I'll focus on the weaknesses of Python instead of the strengths.
[snip]
> 2. Python programs are somewhat difficult to distribute compared to
> programs in languages that compile to native code.

How do you figure this one?  Something to do with statically linked
libraries?  (I'm a Python newbie, but have been programming in general
for almost 20 years, about half of that professionally.)