Just look at it, what do people use Python for?
The business I work for rotates around software that is written in Python, even though we're not a software house. We're not big, only twenty people, but we're growing like crazy and raking in money like it's nothing. Given that the business depends on this software, I'd say Python is being used for something serious.
CPAN is a faggot, I want to strangle it like the homosexual jew nigger it is
CPAN is awesome; it's the crown jewel of Perl's crown. Why do you hate it? Because people dare to put in gizmos like Acme, not just Serious Stuff(TM)? Or do you just like reinventing the wheel?
Having said all that, I'm not partial to Python either, but saying that Python sucks is too strong. If you think it sucks, you need to learn more languages.