I like Python but I don't really like Python's installation. With PHP, I only need one file (on Linux) and maybe two files on Windows then I can run my PHP script. This means no installation is required in most cases. I just copy the file and I get PHP. Extending PHP is fairly easy, too, just by copying a few DLLs and modifying the php.ini a bit.
With Python, things are really messy. I have to run the installer to install dozens of directories and hundreds of files, and I don't really know if all of them are necessary. Plus, lots of libraries are in .py, which is of course not as efficient/clean as having all of the core functions built-in in the C/C++ core, like in PHP. Then again, I do like the Python language. It would be great if Python (or a variation of Python) can be made the PHP way, one executable file, and you get everything. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
