Using Python for programming algorithms

[inhahe]

what little I know:

The numbers I heard are that Python is 10-100 times slower than C.  So use 
Python if you can wait 10-100 times longer.  Although it won't really be 
that slow using numpy and/or psyco.

Python seems to have a really extensive reportoire of modules available for 
it.  Although I don't know about things in the math field.  If what you want 
is obscure enough, then you might find it for C/C++ and not Python.  You 
might find out in a few seconds by googling.

The advantage to Python (other than production time), is that it would be a 
lot simpler and more readable simply as a syntax for conveying algorithms. 
It would be like pseudo-code... but runnable. ;)