The sky's falling again? Each time this python-vs-perl lament comes up, I recall a bit of humor:

Heaven is where the police are British, the lovers French, the mechanics German, the chefs Italian, and it is all organized by the Swiss. Hell is where the police are German, the lovers Swiss, the mechanics French, the chefs British, and it is all organized by the Italians.

Well, guess what? Python is where the lovers are Swiss. To each his own, I say.