__Python__

So, what can you tell me about Python?
What's your experience with it?
What is it best for?
Is it good for desktop applications using Win32/wxWindows/etc?
How's it for Win32 in particular?
And finally, how does it compare to Perl and PHP in terms of productivity?

Thanks Anonymous

>>8
That is something strange about the language.  It's tricky to wrap your head around exactly how to implement a module/package, i.e. designing classes, member functions, data structures, all that.  But that's the challenge of any software development.  Python lays it bare.

PIL looks like it was written by some 3rd party guys who could indeed have no idea whats up.  But that's hardly a direct reflection on the language.  I'm sure people write bad libraries in Ruby too.

I haven't used Ruby, to be honest it kinda scares me.  (I've used most everything else, including scheme and brainfuck, so it's not complexity, just this weird feeling it gives me)