I've had to deal with Python for a long time. I even wrote my senior research project with it in college. But since then, I've never really had a need to use i

I've had to deal with Python for a long time. I even wrote my senior research project with it in college. But since then, I've never really had a need to use it, and I don't even feel there is a good reason for it. If you're writing something more than a quick shell script or a project that will last more than a few days, then there a dozen static languages that have better libraries, more powerful IDEs, etc. And misspelling a variable or missing a comma is not going to cause all sorts of problems. On the other hand, if you do need a quick one-off script or some duct tape, things like Perl or AWK, sed, and friends seem like a better bet. Python (and Ruby) seem bloated for quick scripts, and wholly lacking for larger projects.