[tjl]

What I love about Python is that it's so similar to how I've written pseudocode over the years. So, I often do quick prototypes of ideas in it, even if the final product isn't in Python.

Like you, I'm basically a C programmer at heart. But, to get efficient at some of the Maple code I had to write for my graduate work, I learnt a number of their functional tools so I now think quite a bit about using some of those as part of my toolset. I'm still largely a C-style programmer, though.

Working with the SymPy project helped me in my Python style.