...okay, so I was working on an assignment for the better part of two weeks not long ago and my partner had the rather brilliant idea of doing it in Python. I have not programmed in Python before. He pointed me towards a tutorial and told me to read it in an hour. An hour later, I was convinced how insanely and godly sexy Python can be.
Our assignment still turned out to be a pain in the ass, but Python made it easier to take. FOr instance, import OS, os.walk(basedir) and bam - two lines and you're now capable of traversing all the files and folders on a computer and then some.
mind.setState("BLOWNTOTEENYTINYBITS")
...okay, so that may or may not be entirely correct syntax, but you get the idea. Great stuff, Python.