As someone introduced to Python and C two semesters ago, I'm not surprised at all. If I want to be really nerdy and crank some performance, I write C. If I want

As someone introduced to Python and C two semesters ago, I'm not surprised at all. If I want to be really nerdy and crank some performance, I write C. If I want to test ideas, write to a text file, or basically anything else, I use Python. Python just makes it all super easy and nice. I respect the performance gains of C, but ease of use will always win.