all responses so far are pure reactions, and show that no one acknowledged much of what i brought forth:
That python has an optimizing JIT (that we used on f.scarywater.net which is a BitTorrent server that handles 12,000 users, and saw a 40% decrease in CPU load). That i have personally written things in C and that this JIT has met its performance. That it has a profiler.
That it is a language with focus http://www.python.org/dev/culture.html and professional acceptance specifically over all languages (see the oreilly link).
Whitespace as a cause of errors? jeez... ever heard of unit testing ?
Simply moronic.
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