Quite a few python programmers I know are physicists or other non-professional programmers who really don't know how to write C, use gdb, debug linking problems

Quite a few python programmers I know are physicists or other non-professional programmers who really don't know how to write C, use gdb, debug linking problems, etc. For them I think staying in pure python is really a large plus, even if it means reading a bit about locks and threads.