Python is extremely easy to learn. My last full-time job was almost exclusively Python.
The way OO is implemented is very elegant. Performance is very good, and there are enhancers such as Psyco that make it run about as fast as native code.
The only thing you'll be put off by (at least initially) is it's use of white space. Structures are defined by indenting. Once you get used to that, it's not bad. In fact, the indentation makes everyone's code the same.
If Microsoft would devote some time to IronPython (Python.Net) I could see it developing a large following very quickly.
The way OO is implemented is very elegant. Performance is very good, and there are enhancers such as Psyco that make it run about as fast as native code.
The only thing you'll be put off by (at least initially) is it's use of white space. Structures are defined by indenting. Once you get used to that, it's not bad. In fact, the indentation makes everyone's code the same.
If Microsoft would devote some time to IronPython (Python.Net) I could see it developing a large following very quickly.