I have been programming since I was 10 years old. My first computer was a Timex Sinclair 1000 that my parents got me for Christmas. (Google it to see how long ago that's been.) Over the years I've programmed in BASIC, Visual Basic, PHP, and finally settled on Python. (I am also able to parse C, C++, Java, and most other not-too-esoteric languages, too.) It was love at first write. I love how Python gets out of one's way, allows one to easily get to the meat of a task. Perl's motto mi...