Matlab vs. Python

I've never programmed a single line of Python code but recently a lot of people have been telling me that it has a lot of neat advantages over Matlab. I think I'm going to have to find a day to learn Python's ins and outs and get a feel for when it makes sense to use it over Matlab. This article was quite persuasive to me. Time for a look. I'll report back once I've tried out some basics.