Should I learn Python?

[Cameron Laird]

In article <624a388a.0411030512.3cf84547 at posting.google.com>,
Sam <sam at three60.com> wrote:
>So you're saying, in order to write smart, clean, well structured,
>readable code, and have fun doing so, I'm going to have to drop PHP
>and use Python?
>
>I'm not really interested in finding a replacement for PHP, it works
>just fine for me.
>
>I apologize for not phrasing my questions clearly, I wasn't looking
>for critisisms of PHP or why I shouldn't use it. What i'm really
>after, is given that I use PHP to develop sites currently, what types
>of situations would/could i use Python in web development? Is there a
>point when learning Python, that I'll say to myself "why use php?".
>Thanks

If you're happy with PHP, you'll likely stay with PHP, until you
run into an off-beat capability (Expect?  scientific/numeric
programming?  Does PHP build-in LDAPv3 awareness?  UDP?  SNMP?)
that you both need and that PHP makes painful.