> Python closures are apparently very poor, but from what I can surmise > of the PyGTK2 page, instances of objects are dynamic enough to add new > methods, so you get your callbacks, at least.
It's true that Python's "lambda" is somewhat limited, but this is rarely a problem because you can define named functions on-the-fly. > Double-underscore methods are rewritten with the class name? That's an ugly > hack Yes, it is. But in practice, you will rarely need to pay attention to this. I'd been using Python for two years before I noticed this odd behavior. I heartily applaud shopping around for new languages. Coming from Perl, I think you'll find Python to be a figurative breath of fresh air, but you might also want to look at languages like Ruby, Haskell, etc. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
