My answer to the question "Should I learn <programming language x>?" is almost always "yes". Even if you never need to use it, it's always good to have a diffe

My answer to the question "Should I learn <programming language x>?" is almost always "yes". Even if you never need to use it, it's always good to have a different way of looking at things. One thing you might want to look at is cython[1]. It allows you to write C extensions in a Python-like language. Could be useful as a "bridge". [1] http://cython.org/ http://cython.org/