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Advantages of Python over Java?

So my team has been coding in Java but my head coder is graduating and there isn't a clear replacement. I tend to double as the coding mentor as we have no one else, so I basically have taught myself.

Python gets a lot of buzz as easy to learn. And there is the www.codecademy.com course which makes it easy to have my students learn the basics of the language.

My question is, do you think it is worth switching?

So far my Pro/Cons list

Pros:
-Can point students to www.codecademy.com course.
-Simpler for new coders to learn

Cons:
-Not as well supported in FRC

Any thing else I should consider?
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