Python vs. C/C++/Java: quantitative data ?

[Ingo Linkweiler]

I’m writing a diploma paper on rapid prototyping and python at education.
I am interested in your experiences with python, too, including the time you
needed to learn python.

- Do YOU think, it is more easy to learn python than perl, java or C++  or
..... ?
- What do you think about the syntax of Python? Is it easy to use, or do you
have any problems with it?
- Is here anybody who learned Python as first language?
- Where do you see disadvantages of Python?

Ingo