If you want to have generic development tools available on any platform, these tools will be needed.
And the choice of Python is because of its portability.
Now that portability question if very important as far as you want to let everybody produce its own software or free software, even if you didn't live in a Unix world...
The Python community (and its leader Guido van Rossum) deserves a great award, especially since the launch of the Python Consortium and project CP4E (Computer Programing for Everybody), which needs a lot of support to develop a cool programming environment for Python.
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If you want to have generic development tools available on any platform, these tools will be needed.
And the choice of Python is because of its portability.
Now that portability question if very important as far as you want to let everybody produce its own software or free software, even if you didn't live in a Unix world...
Have a look at Computer Programming 4 Everybody for a little more info on that subject.
The Python community (and its leader Guido van Rossum) deserves a great award, especially since the launch of the Python Consortium and project CP4E (Computer Programing for Everybody), which needs a lot of support to develop a cool programming environment for Python.