Why should I switch to Python?

[Courageous]

Tim Peters wrote:
> 
> [Grant Griffin]
> > Speaking of C, I find myself missing the "x=" operators, and "++".
> > However, I understand and endorse the reasons Python omits them.
> 
> While ++ makes little sense in a language with immutable numbers, += (&
> friends) can make good sense.

+= and -= would be nice, but I don't understand what you mean by
"friends" or why python might need them???


C/