I have been using Python to interact with APIs, download data and files, then manipulate the data and put it into a database. Then I set up my own APIs (Python

I have been using Python to interact with APIs, download data and files, then manipulate the data and put it into a database. Then I set up my own APIs (Python cgi-bin scripts) to access the data. I also use the PIL library for image thumbnailing. Years ago I would have done all of this with Perl 5. I started using Python because so many people were talking about it. What really got me using it was that a programmer told me he thought Python pip libraries were as good as Perl CPAN libraries. He was right, although in some instances one particular library can be superior to the other's equivalent.