What Language To Use?

[Team 3705]

Hi, I am one of the leads in charge of programming for Team 3705. We are trying to participate for the 2012 challenge, we are a fairly new team.

We used C++ last year, and did not have autonomous mode.
I want to look at other languages that we could possibly use. So, far I would love to use Python to program the robot, but there seems to be some issues.

Please comment on what languages we could use, we are fairly new. Most of the people that are in charge of programming the robot are not familiar with programming at all. So, I have to be able to teach them also including myself.

Suggestions? Comments?