Python Compared to Other Languages contains a lot of links to articles of interest to programmers. Too many to digest in one sitting, so for today, Perl programmers should concentrate on the section most relevant to Perl. It might help to check out some of the benefits of Python first.
As a reward for all that reading, check out Python vs. Perl according to Yoda.
Alex Martelli exposes with utter lucidity why Visual Basic, and not Python, is the risky and speculative technology.
(from Dr. Dobb's Python URL)
