So, I decided to jump in and finally give Python a real try, and I have to say that I'm enjoying many of the features, although I'm not entirely sold on the syntax.
Given my love affair with JavaScript, there are a number of similarities here: dynamic typing, type coercion, array and object literals, first-class functions, and closures. It is a very comfortable transition.
In addition, you get a working class system with classical inheritance, a nice package system, and some nimble standard modules... Wait, what did I love about JavaScript again? :-P I'm really going to have to explore this language in depth.
In the interim, I would appreciate some constructive criticism of this Fibonacci script I put together in the last couple of days as a learning exercise. Please leave comments at Github or below.