Is Python like VB?

[Steve Horsley]

scattered wrote:

> You are right that VBA isn't being discontinued yet. My own interest in
> learning python is to find a replacement for Excel VBA. I'm a
> mathematician who likes to throw quick programs together for things
> like statistical simulations. I liked the ability to get functioning
> code quickly in VBA, together with the ability to easily generate
> graphs of the results, etc., but I finally got tired of the slow speed
> and verbose syntax. I'm hoping that Python (as packaged by Enthought
> together with various numerical and graphing modules) will be an
> appropriate replacement.

Were you aware that OpenOffice.org version 2.0, which is due out soon
(beta is available for download), can have python macros, as well as 
javascript and StarOffice Basic macros?

Steve