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There are many great things about python, a few key points are:
1. well implemented internal data structures
2. great brevity of code - constructs like list comprehensions allow very concise and easy to read code
3. full object-orientation (you can make the '+' operand for integers implement '-' if you really want)
4. it's interpreted and yet it is really fast
5. simple integration with C.

If you agree with the idea that the cost of development is directly linked to the number of lines of code (which there are a lot of studies to support) then Python is a winner. I would generally expect to be able to write a Python app in about 20% of the lines required for C#.

Python was designed as a teaching language and so it is very "pure" and orthogonal (ie no shortcuts to enhance performance). This makes it easy to learn and write and yet it is suprisingly fast when executing. For tight-loop, time critical sections it is easy to implement function in C that can be mapped in Python.

Some people prefer Ruby (which is sort-of an evolution of Python).... but especially in the case of Ruby-on-rails the performance tends to be very limiting.

Paul Coldrey
http://www.lumient.com.au/

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