Python isn't OCaml. It's not Prolog, Haskell, awk, or SQL either, and trying to bend it into those is largely missing the point. A more interesting question is

Python isn't OCaml. It's not Prolog, Haskell, awk, or SQL either, and trying to bend it into those is largely missing the point. A more interesting question is, "In what circumstances is Python an excellent fit, and OCaml a poor one?", and vice versa.