I'm pushing for more python use at my company as well. It's tough as everyone is drinking the ruby kool-aid.
P.S. I really enjoyed your talk at QCon SF last year!
P.S. I really enjoyed your talk at QCon SF last year!
Ruby and Python are similar in terms of execution speed and developer productivity. If your work requires something that Python has and Ruby doesn't(say numpy), then it might make sense; otherwise what would you accomplish by switching from Ruby to Python?
Simpler syntax?