One thing I really love with the Python programming language is its incredible extensibility. Here’s a list of 50 awesome modules for Python, covering almost all needs: Databases, GUIs, Images, Sound, OS interaction, Web, and more.
Want to write shorter, cleaner code? Have an unfortunate situation where you need to fit as much as you can in one expression? Prefer a quick dose of hacks to spending the rest of your life reading the docs? You've come to the right place.
If you read discussions about programming languages, one topic is quite common: "Why do people use an inferior language like Java/C++/what-the-hell and not a superior language like Lisp/Haskell/Python/you-name-it"?