this article is a real trolling gem!
http://sunsite.uakom.sk/sunworldonline/swol-02-1998/swol-02-python.html
Python is the most conventional-looking of the popular scripting languages. It scripts and reads more like a system language than a scripting language, so those who know another programming language will feel right at home. If you or your customers don't have a programming background, however, Tcl's "command language" approach might be more comfortable. As a scripting language, Python is excellent for CGI server-side Web work, small database reporting tasks, system administration, and automation of legacy components. In contrast to other scripting languages, Python implements object-oriented designs naturally. Python was designed to scale well, and it does.
When van Rossum designed Python he avoided the mistakes he saw in traditional languages. Particularly, he cleansed Python of the problems for which C is notorious. Python's array constructs, for example, are prone to far fewer errors. Python performs automatic memory management, and therefore immediately eliminates most of the memory leaks to which C and C++ projects are prone.Python checks array references for boundary violations. "Python never dumps core because of user coding errors--you are guaranteed to get a Python traceback," as van Rossum proudly points out. Moreover, Python has powerful built-in datatypes (including tuples, dictionaries, and lists) that dramatically simplify much of conventional coding. Finally, Python's syntax is particularly simple and comprehensible. It is a very uniform language.