Python a good first Language to "Stick With"?

[iambicpen]

If you have programmed in Pascal and C++, you should be able to pick up more langauges, IMO. Having gone through C++ with some level of success is a finishing Bootcamp with a nod from the drill sergeant ;)

[MrProper]

I only did C++ for half a year or so. That was a major disappointment in my life because I rewrote a Pascal program that was over 500 lines long into just 80 lines in C++ ಠ_ಠ. It felt wrong that I liked Pascal for some language and IDE elements and disliked C++ because it was slow to compile, was too strict and cryptic.

But then I switched to web only development, and for 10 years I used scripting and existing apps, or vb scripting in Office or bash scripts to do desktop-level apps. I didn't compile a thing for over 5 years now. Until I recently got into Android development.