Similarly, I went from writing a lot of C to Python, and I appreciate both of them for almost opposite reasons. I ended up finding I like Cython quite a bit, ev

Similarly, I went from writing a lot of C to Python, and I appreciate both of them for almost opposite reasons. I ended up finding I like Cython quite a bit, even though the syntax leaves much to be desired. The power, performance, and flexibility of C combined with the batteries included nature of Python is a match made in heaven. You're also still very much free to write either language purely, and "glue" them together easily using Cython.