You can "learn" Python in a day or two. Of course, becoming proficient takes longer, but it has the shallowest learning curve of any language that I have used.

You can "learn" Python in a day or two. Of course, becoming proficient takes longer, but it has the shallowest learning curve of any language that I have used. A big plus, it like JavaScript/JSON has literals for arrays and hash table, allowing easy configuration and data transmission.