[ElevenLathe]

Agreed. Python's REPL has basically totally replaced my usage of Emacs calc as a desk calculator, mainly because it is always there and if I don't know the big-brain closed-form solution for something like compound interest, I can just write a loop and figure it out that way.

[wongarsu]

So what you are saying is that Python is Excel for programmers :D

[bombcar]

This is a really good line, the VAST VAST majority of programming in the world is done in Excel by people who would be horrified if you told them they were programming.

And I wouldn't be surprised if a large number of python programmers would say they're not programming, it's just scripting.