The great advantage of Python is the vast amount of libraries out there for pretty much anything you can think of. As a C# developer that's the one thing, and probably the only, that I envy from Python.
I remember one of the argument for Perl was exactly this: the vast number of libraries in CPAN. You would be able to do tasks much quicker because you would just need to install these libraries and go on with your tasks.
Still, I decided to go with Python because it made so many 'click' for me about programming in general + because of its REPL, among other things.
It turned out to be one of the best decisions I have ever made :).