I can vouch for 'easy to learn': if you can already program in another language, learning Python is like being reintroduced to an old friend who has grown up quite a bit since you last met him.
variable = somefunction(inputParameter)
where variable did not exist before leaves me having to look up the documentation of somefunction to know what kind of object it is returning.
def somefunction(inputParameter):
'''
inputParameter: List of seven positive integers
representing a poker hand
Returns: A positive integer used to score that hand
relative to all other possible hands, better hands
receive higher scores.
'''Sometimes that is frustating. I suffered a lot until I understood the Django's forms API. But this feature is worth the cost.
Try this variant:
variable = somefunction(inputParameter)
# the next line is a temporary debug statement
print "variable has the following attributes:", dir(variable)
variable = somefunction(inputParameter)
help(variable) # temporary debugging statement
help(somefunction)
variable = somefunction(inputParameter)
print "the type is", type(variable) # temporary debugging statement
variable = somefunction(inputParameter)
print "variable is", variable