I found this blog post on one users migration to Python. It states one users frustrations but the comments section is quite good too.
http://blog.cbcg.net/articles/2007/04/22/python-up-ruby-down-if-that-runtime-dont-work-then-its-bound-to-drizzown The time and effort the developers spend on the balance between fixing what we have over adding new features is hard, but it did pay off for this programmer who was lured over by a more robust implementation and good documentation. - Paddy. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list